The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)
Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Edition/State
- Third State
- Label
- Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G124 state 4 of 7.
- Provenance
- To 1889
- Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1889 [1]
- From 1889 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1889 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1875
- Accession Number
- F1889.26
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Medium
- Drypoint; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 27.6 x 17.5 cm (10 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- drypoint
- music
- guitar
- United States
- musician
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1889.26
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3100d353e-b965-48dd-a6db-06ac82c43d88
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