Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0543
Portrait of F. R. Leyland and one of his daughters

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.155
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper with partial watermark 'N...STA/PR...ECTA'
Size: 3 1/8-31/4 x 3 15/16-4" (80-82 x 100-102 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Portrait of F. R. Leyland and one of his daughters

Provenance

  • 1870s: probably acquired from Whistler by Thomas Way (1837-1915) or his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) ;
  • 1905: "Portraits of F. R. Leyland and one of his daughters" bought from T. R. Way in London by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit in June 1905;
  • 1919: Bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret