A Symphony

Object Details

• Artist

  Sir Leslie M. Ward (1851-1922)

• Provenance

  To 1893

  H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1893 [1]

  From 1893 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1893 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to Linda Merrill, November 12, 1993. See Correspondence, Freer to Wunderlich, October 5, 1893, LB 1:687, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [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. In January 1993, this item was discovered in the Freer Gallery of Art Archives and transferred to the Freer Study Collection per request of L. Merrill.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  London, England

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1870s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, H. Wunderlich & Co.

• Place

  London, England

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints