Portrait of J. McNeill Whistler and His Brother William (Dr. William Whistler)

Object Details

• Artist

  Emile Francois Dessain (1808-1882)

• Label

  James McNeill Whistler is the boy standing on the right.

• Provenance

  To 1904

  Mrs. Emma W. Palmer, Stonington, CT, to 1904 [1]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mrs. Emma W. Palmer in 1904 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Whistler Reserved List, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [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.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Whistler in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Emma W. Potter (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  France

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Drawing

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1840s

• Name

  Potter, Emma W., Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  France

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Portraits, Children

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Drawings