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

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M.1511
Chelsea Children

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.116a-c
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream paper laid down on card
Size: 4 15/16 x 8 1/2" (126 x 216 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'N.12' in unknown hand

Chelsea Children

Chelsea Children dates from about 1897 and was bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) in 1899 and possibly sent to him in 1902.

Chelsea Children, Freer Gallery of Art
Chelsea Children, Freer Gallery of Art

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1511).

Last updated: 6th December 2020 by Margaret