Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Stephen Manuel (1880-1954) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Provenance

  To 1908

  Stephen Manuel (1880-1954), English, to 1908 [1]

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Stephen Manuel in November 1908 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases Since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  According to F1908.178a-b, Label Text Field, note 1, "Whistler and Manuel were distant relations - Whistler's brother was married to the boy's aunt."

  [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.

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1880s

• Name

  Manuel, Stephen, Whistler, James McNeill, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Art, American Art, Portraits

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings