Seymour Haden Playing the Cello
Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Provenance
- Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]
- To 1898
- H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]
- From 1898 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] 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
- Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors (August 20, 2011 to August 26, 2012)
- Whistler and the Hadens (June 20, 1999 to April 30, 2000)
- James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
- Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975)
- Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)
- H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- ca. 1855
- Accession Number
- F1898.160
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pencil, pen and ink on beige paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 18.5 x 10.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- portrait
- music
- cello
- United States
- musician
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1898.160
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3faab2e8a-74a2-4954-8101-f65927a16f1c
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