Early Morning
date: label: Date
content: 1878
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Description
content: Lithograph of figures along a river with city landscape in the background.
label: Signatures
content: Signed with the Butterfly on the drawing and with the Butterfly in pencil on the print.
label: Edition/State
content: Second state, one of three impressions.
label: Provenance
content: To 1896
label: Provenance
content: Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York to 1896 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1896 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Howard Mansfield in 1896 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: river
label: Topic
content: boat
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: factory
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1896.36
objectType: label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16.5 x 25.9 cm (6 1/2 x 10 3/16 in)