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

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YMSM 289
The White House

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884/1885
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.154a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 136 x 236 mm (5 3/8 x 9 1/4")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: replica Dowdeswell, American, 2004

The White House

The White House dates from between 1884 and 1885. 1

The White House, Freer Gallery of Art
The White House, Freer Gallery of Art

Andrew McLaren Young (1913-1975) thought that it probably dated from the late 1880s, but the purchase by H. S. Theobald suggests an earlier date, after a Dowdeswell exhibition of 1884 or 1886. 2

Notes:

1: 'Probably painted 1884/5' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 289).

2: Notes, GUL WPP files.

Last updated: 24th October 2020 by Margaret