Sketch of Houses
date: label: Date
content: 1858
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Label
content: 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 G15 state 1 of 1.
label: Provenance
content: Philippe Burty (1830-1890)
label: Provenance
content: [1]
label: Provenance
content: Alphonse Wyatt Thibeaudau (circa 1840-1892) [2]
label: Provenance
content: Probably to 1902
label: Provenance
content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, probably to 1902 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1902 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), probably purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [4]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] A note, in pencil on the old mount, stated: "A.W. Thibaudeau bo't it from Ph. Burty" (see Curatorial Remarks in the object record).
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] According to a note in the Accession File, Collections Management Office, this object is from the Theobald collection, and was therefore probably purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902, along with many other Whistler pieces from the Theobald Collection. However, there is no specific purchase information regarding this object.
label: Provenance
content: [4] See note 3.
label: Provenance
content: [5] 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: Philippe Burty (1830-1890)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Alphonse Wyatt Thibeaudau (ca. 1840-1892)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (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: etching (printing process)
label: Topic
content: architecture
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
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: F1902.279
objectType: label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching; ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.8 x 22.5 cm (6 1/4 x 8 7/8 in)