The Coast Survey Plate
date: label: Date
content: 1854
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Edition/State
content: 3, 1
label: Provenance
content: To 1913
label: Provenance
content: William K. Bixby (1857-1931), St. Louis, MO, to 1913 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1913 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William K. Bixby in 1913 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See List of Whistler Purchases since making up the Smithsonian Inventory, 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 Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, East Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 10, 1958)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: William K. Bixby (1857-1931) (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: metal
label: Topic
content: copper
label: Topic
content: landscape
label: Topic
content: ocean
label: Topic
content: island
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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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: F1913.92
objectType: label: Type
content: Tool and Equipment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Copper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.9 x 26.3 cm (5 7/8 x 10 3/8 in)