A Fire at Pomfret

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Description

  Framed.

• Signatures

  Unsigned.

• Inscriptions

  Verso: Sketch at Pomfret by James W. (unknown hand)

• Paper/Support

  On hot-pressed, wove paper.

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also, Whistler Reserved List, R. 5826, as well as Original Whistler List of Paintings, etc., Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, January 3, 1921, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1. According to Curatorial Remark 3, G.D. Guest, 1927, the registration number for this object was changed to correspond with the year of purchase.

  [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

  Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler (February 22 to April 15, 1905)

  Untitled Exhibition, William Marchant & Co. (1903)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1840s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Way, Thomas Robert

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Art, Yellow pigment, Vermilion, Charles Lang Freer collection, Mars pigment, Yellow, American Art, Fire, Prussian blue, Underdrawing, Cobalt blue, Cochineal, Burnt sienna

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings