- Provenance
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To 1902
Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915), London, to 1902 [1]From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr., through William S. Marchant and Co., London, in 1902 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 6, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remarks 6 and 8, Linda Merrill, October 11, 1995, in the object record. Thomas Way Sr. was the father of Thomas Robert Way. See further, Accession List, Collections Management office.
[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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Thomas Way Sr. (C.L. Freer source) 1837-1915
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Published References
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- Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours : A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, 1995. .
- Linda Merrill. The Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography. Washington and New Haven. p. 99.
- Elizabeth Prettejohn. Art for Art's Sake: Aestheticism in Victorian Painting. p. 113.
- David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1984. p. 244, pl. 217.
- Collection Area(s)
- American Art
- Web Resources
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