Chelsea Rags

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Description

  Drawing of a rag-sellers shop, with standing figures on the stair and out front.

• Signatures

  Signed with the Butterfly on the drawing.

• Edition/State

  One of two impressions.

• Provenance

  From 1892 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in 1892 [1]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was purchased as an original lithograph as part of the publication and monthly review, "The Albemarle," vol. 1, no. 1, January 1892, published in London. The lithograph appeared as the issue's frontispiece and was entitled "A Song on Stone." See also,

  Original Whistler List, Lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] 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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Print

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• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Architecture, American Art, Store front, Children, Business

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints