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

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

Chelsea, London. Whistler noted that 'Chelsea Children' was bought from the Company of the Butterfly by C. L. Freer on 23 May 1900. 1

Notes:

1: GUL MS Whistler NB3, pp. 169-70.

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