Sam Weller's Landlord in the Fleet

Object Details

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Provenance

Probably from 1905 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified source, probably in 1905 [1]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Whistler Reserved List R. 5824, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The Accession File, Collections Management office, notes that there is no purchase information for this object.

[2] 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

Exhibition History

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Artist (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

Untitled Exhibition, William Marchant & Co. (1903)

Previous custodian or owner

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

1853-1855

Accession Number

F1905.332a-b

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Watercolor over graphite on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 10.4 x 14.9 cm (4 1/8 x 5 7/8 in)

Origin

United States

Related Online Resources

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Whistler in Watercolor

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Topic

smoking

United States

American Art

interior

shoemaker

pipe

illustration

Record ID

fsg_F1905.332a-b

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e4a4682b-c3b6-49da-b189-c263b9258486