Portrait of J. McNeill Whistler and His Brother William (Dr. William Whistler)
date: label: Date
content: 1847
name: label: Artist
content: Emile Francois Dessain (1808-1882)
notes: label: Label
content: James McNeill Whistler is the boy standing on the right.
label: Provenance
content: To 1904
label: Provenance
content: Mrs. Emma W. Palmer, Stonington, CT, to 1904 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1904 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mrs. Emma W. Palmer in 1904 [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 Whistler Reserved List, pg. 1, 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: Exhibition History
content: Whistler in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Emma W. Potter (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: France
topic: label: Topic
content: portrait
label: Topic
content: child
label: Topic
content: France
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: F1904.412a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pastel on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 52.5 x 41.5 cm (20 11/16 x 16 5/16 in)