Portrait of Miss Emily Tuckerman

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Description

  Portrait of Miss Emily Tuckerman. (1898) Seated figure of a woman in black against a background of warm grey-pink; at the left a dull red curtain. Signature: the Butterfly, on the wall above the woman's knee. Frame.

• Signatures

  Signature: the Butterfly, on the wall above the woman's knee.

• Provenance

  To 1925

  Miss Emily Tuckerman (died 1925), to 1925 [1]

  From 1925

  Freer Gallery of Art, bequest of Miss Emily Tuckerman, gifted through Charles A. Platt on January 24, 1925 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. Also see correspondence with Mrs. George Draper and Mr. Platt, 1925 Letter File, Gifts to the Collection.

  [2] See note 1. Also see object file, curatorial remarks, Kenneth Myers & Elizabeth Duley, April 14, 2004.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Whistler Pastels and Drawings, Re-arranged and some additions (January 7, 1924 to January 20, 1944)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Emily Tuckerman (died 1925)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Bequeathed by Miss Emily Tuckerman and gifted to the Freer Gallery through Charles Adams Platt

• Type

  Drawing

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Tuckerman, Emily

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Art, American Art, Portraits, Woman

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Drawings