Nelly
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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
1866-1869 -
Geography
United States -
Material
Pencil on white paper -
Dimension
H x W: 16.8 x 10 cm (6 5/8 x 3 15/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1898.158 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1898.158
Object Details
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Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) -
Provenance
Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]To 1898H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]From 1898 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:[1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[3] See note 2.[4] 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
Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors (August 20, 2011 to August 26, 2012)James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959) -
Previous custodian or owner
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
United States -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Drawing -
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