A Woman with a Dog and Bird

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Description

  Standing figure of a woman in profile with a dog in front of her. Signature in the lower right.

• Signatures

  Signature: J.W. ca. 1850-1851.

• Provenance

  To 1904

  Mrs. E.W. Hall, to 1904 [1]

  From 1904 to 1919

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

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See the letter from Mrs. Hall, located in the Envelope file. See also, List of Whistler Paintings, etc., Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, January 3, 1921, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 2, G.D. Guest, 1927, in the object record, the Registration number for this object was changed so as to correspond with the year of purchase.

  [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

  Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. E. W. Hall (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Drawing

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• Date

  1850s

• Name

  Hall, E. W., Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Animals, American Art, Dogs, Birds, Woman

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Drawings