J. Becquet, Sculptor
date: label: Date
content: 1859
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Edition/State
content: 6, 1
label: Label
content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K52; first state of four.
label: Label
content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G62 state 1 of 6.
label: Provenance
content: Sir William Drake (1817 - 1890), London [1]
label: Provenance
content: Seymour Haden (1818 - 1910), London [2]
label: Provenance
content: Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (circa 1829 - 1891), London [3]
label: Provenance
content: To 1892
label: Provenance
content: Frederick Keppel and Co., New York to 1892 [4]
label: Provenance
content: From 1892 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co., New York, in 1892 [5]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [6]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] A note in the Accession List states: "From F. Keppel Co., N.Y., Hutchinson Coll. (2 imp.)" (see Accession List, Collections Managament Office).
label: Provenance
content: [4] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, note 3.
label: Provenance
content: [5] See note 4.
label: Provenance
content: [6] 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: Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (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: portrait
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: F1892.13
objectType: label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 17 x 13.7 cm (6 11/16 x 5 3/8 in)