Old Westminster Bridge

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Edition/State

  4, 1

• Label

  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 K39; first state of two.

  Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonn&‌eacute;," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G47 state 2 of 4.

• Provenance

  Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

  To 1891

  H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1891 [2]

  From 1891 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1891 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 2, Freer Fact Sheet notes 1 and 3, in the object record.

  [2] See List of Whistler Objects Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This image was purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1891, but kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the main collection and given a registration number for that year.

  The registration number was later changed to correspond with the year of purchase.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] 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.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Whistler and the Thames (December 17, 2000 to June 17, 2001)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

  H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1850s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Haden, Seymour, H. Wunderlich & Co.

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Bridges, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Etching (printing process)

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints