Grey and Silver–Liverpool
date: label: Date
content: 1881-1883
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Description
content: A misty scene on the river Mersey; sail boats and other craft; signed with the butterfly at lower right.
label: Signatures
content: Brown butterfly in lower right corner.
label: Paper/Support
content: On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to a 7-ply board. The paper is slightly smaller than the board.
label: Provenance
content: To 1889
label: Provenance
content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York
label: Provenance
content: to 1889 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1889 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1889 [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, Paintings, pg. 16, 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 Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)
label: Exhibition History
content: Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)
label: Exhibition History
content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Artist and Patron (May 11, 1984 to January 17, 1985)
label: Exhibition History
content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition (February 20 to December 4, 1915)
label: Exhibition History
content: Kansas City Exposition (January 1912)
label: Exhibition History
content: Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)
label: Exhibition History
content: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)
label: Exhibition History
content: Pan-American Exposition, Exhibition of Fine Arts (May 1 to November 2, 1901)
label: Exhibition History
content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (March 1889)
label: Exhibition History
content: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1887)
label: Exhibition History
content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1886)
label: Exhibition History
content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (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: mounting
label: Topic
content: bone black
label: Topic
content: cerulean blue
label: Topic
content: raw sienna
label: Topic
content: burnt umber
label: Topic
content: zinc white
label: Topic
content: Mars pigment
label: Topic
content: yellow ocher
label: Topic
content: water
label: Topic
content: river
label: Topic
content: boat
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
label: Related Online Resources
content: Whistler in Watercolor
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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: F1889.3a-c
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15 x 27.2 cm (5 7/8 x 10 11/16 in)