content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 27.4 x 20.1 cm (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Woman

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Woman facing the right, beckoning

title_sort: WOMAN FACING THE RIGHT, BECKONING

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Woman facing the right, beckoning


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Momoyama period

content: To 1901

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, Japan, to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 49, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

content: Sotatsu: Making Waves (Saturday, October 24, 2015 to Sunday, January 31, 2016)

content: Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

content: Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)

content: Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

content: Japanese Art—Painted Screens (August 18, 1967 to May 2, 1973)

content: Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

content: Japanese Screen Paintings (March 10, 1961 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens, 1957 (March 20, 1957 to March 30, 1960)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 5 (February 25, 1956 to March 15, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens (October 3, 1947 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls, 1946 (April 30, 1946 to October 3, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls (April 5, 1933 to December 8, 1941)

content: Japanese Screens, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to April 5, 1933)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 159.3 x 190 cm (62 11/16 x 74 13/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art

type: Country

content: Japan

content: Coxcombs, maize and morning glories 鶏頭玉蜀黍朝顔図屏風

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: COXCOMBS, MAIZE AND MORNING GLORIES 鶏頭玉蜀黍朝顔図屏風

type: Images

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Fan Kuan (傳)范寬 (ca. 960-ca. 1030)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu-sai in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 758, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

content: Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 32.9 x 520.5 cm (12 15/16 x 204 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

label: Title

content: Layered peaks and winding dikes

title_sort: LAYERED PEAKS AND WINDING DIKES

title: Layered peaks and winding dikes


label: Date

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign

label: Label

content: Decorative rocks embellished with mountain scenes were often kept as ornaments on the desks of scholars. The unknown carver of this stone skillfully utilized its natural form and fissures in creating the composition. The crane, bat, and deer seen here are common Chinese symbols of long life, happiness, and wealth, and carry overtones of popular Daoist belief. With its knotty pines and swirling clouds, the scene may depict a mountain paradise inhabited by gods and immortals.

content: The caramel-colored stone of this carving belongs to a kind of soapstone called agalmatolite and probably comes from the area of Shoushan (Mount Longevity) in Fujian Province. Shoushan stones occur in a wide variety of colors and have been highly prized for their luster and purity since before the twelfth century.

content: To 1911

content: Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 328, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)

content: Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

content: In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)

content: On Becoming Immortal (May 9, 1993 to August 15, 1994)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: stone

content: landscape

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Stone (agalmatolite)

content: H x W x D: 9.2 x 12.7 x 7.4 cm (3 5/8 x 5 x 2 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Fujita

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Stone
Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)

content: China

content: Landscape carved in low relief

title_sort: LANDSCAPE CARVED IN LOW RELIEF

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Landscape carved in low relief


content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: Style of Ni Zan 倪瓚 (1306-1374)

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 632, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: bamboo

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 68.7 × 33.4 cm (27 1/16 × 13 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Bamboo

content: China

content: Quiet mountain village and trees

title_sort: QUIET MOUNTAIN VILLAGE AND TREES

label: Screen Image

title: Quiet mountain village and trees


content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu-sai in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 641, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 117.5 x 58.4 cm (46 1/4 x 23 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Attendant

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

label: Title

content: Luohan and attendant

title_sort: LUOHAN AND ATTENDANT

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Luohan and attendant


label: Date

content: 18th-19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period or Meiji era

label: Artist

content: Ogawa Ritsuo (1663-1747)

content: To 1903

content: Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the sale of the Charles Gillot Collection, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, through Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka & Company), in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 22-25, Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 18, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] After his death in 1903, a sale of Asian art belonging to French artist Charles Gillot took place in February 1904 at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka and Co.) attended the sale and annotated the sales catalogue (which is now in the Freer and Sackler Library) on Charles Lang Freer's behalf (see Curatorial Remark 6, Louise Cort, July 11, 2001, in the object record). Also, see note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Gillot (1853-1903) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: horse

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

content: Lacquer and gold on wood

content: H x W x D: 21.3 x 10.5 x 0.7 cm (8 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 1/4 in)

name:
Gillot, Charles
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Horses
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: Japan

content: Panel

title_sort: PANEL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Panel


content: Dated 541 CE

content: Period of Division

content: To 1909

content: Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Chung in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 146, pg. 58, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ta Ge Chung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: lion

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: lotus

content: China

content: Gautama Buddha

content: Mount Meru

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: cintamani

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 91.7 x 39.8 x 23.7 cm (36 1/8 x 15 11/16 x 9 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Chung, Ta

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Cats
Art
Chinese Art
Abhaya mudra
Cintamani
Lotus
Stone
Bodhisattva
Mount Meru
Charles Lang Freer collection
Animals
Varada mudra
Gautama Buddha

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Buddhist stele

title_sort: BUDDHIST STELE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Buddhist stele


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G218 state 1 of 9.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

content: Charles Lang Freer acquired many Whistler pieces from the Ways. However, museum records do not always specify whether it was the younger or elder Way who was the source of a particular object. Further, archival sources indicate that the junior Way sometimes acted on behalf of his father: whilst negotiating the sale of his own Whistler works to C.L. Freer, he would concurrently negotiate the sale of some of his father’s Whistler works to Freer. In cases where it is unclear whether it was the junior or senior Way who actually owned a piece acquired by C.L. Freer, the provenance record will simply state that the object was purchased from “Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way.”

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: pigeon

content: architecture

content: Italy

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25.4 x 18.1 cm (10 x 7 1/8 in)

place:
United States
Italy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Architecture
American Art
Pigeon
Etching (printing process)

content: Italy

content: United States

content: The Piazzetta

title_sort: THE PIAZZETTA

label: Screen Image

title: The Piazzetta


label: Date

content: 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea-leaf storage jar, ovoid, four small loop handles, flat base with thin partial glaze wash.

content: Clay: cream-white, hard, dense, vitreous, resonant.

content: Glaze: cream-white broadly flushed with dull pink, flecked with copper green, fine crackle.

content: Eyecatching sets of tea-leaf storage jars in matching glazes were displayed in storefronts of tea merchants and held varieties of bulk teas for sale. The Shigaraki kilns were known for such jars, which bore white, copper-green, cobalt-blue, or black glaze. On this jar, spots of copper pigment flecking the white glaze suggest the potter may have intended for the glaze to appear green, although the firing in the kiln did not melt the copper. Seto kilns also used the white rice-straw-ash glaze, and the exact source of this jar is not yet known.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 52, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Rinpa Screens (February 25, 2023 to February 24, 2024)

content: Tea for...Everyone: Popular Ceramics for Drinking Tea in Japan (March 8 to October 19, 2008)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Shigaraki, Shiga prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Shigaraki ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze, flecked with copper-green

content: H x Diam: 30.3 × 25.4 cm (11 15/16 × 10 in)

label: Style

content: Shigaraki ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Shiga prefecture
Japan
Shigaraki

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Shigaraki ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea-leaf storage jar

title_sort: TEA-LEAF STORAGE JAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea-leaf storage jar


content: Period of Division

content: To 1915

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), New York, NY, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, New York, in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 778, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: lion

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 3.9 x 2.9 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

content: Lion statuette

title_sort: LION STATUETTE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Lion statuette


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G171 state 4 of 8.

label: Provenance

content: To 1888

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1888 [1]

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1888 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 9.8 x 18.6 cm (3 7/8 x 7 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Cities and towns
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: Free Trade Wharf

title_sort: FREE TRADE WHARF

label: Screen Image

title: Free Trade Wharf


content: 9th century

content: From 1950s – 2001

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, acquired in the 1950s from Iran. [1]

content: From 2001

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Acquired by donors in the 1950s during a visit to Iran.

content: [2] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

label: Origin

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: vine

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted with luster

content: H x W x D: 13.3 x 10.5 x 2.4 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 15/16 in)

topic:
Vine
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

label: Title

content: Fragmentary of a vessel with applied vine design

title_sort: FRAGMENTARY OF A VESSEL WITH APPLIED VINE DESIGN

label: Thumbnail Image


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 4

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G181 state 5 of 5.

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

content: Charles Lang Freer acquired many Whistler pieces from the Ways. However, museum records do not always specify whether it was the younger or elder Way who was the source of a particular object. Further, archival sources indicate that the junior Way sometimes acted on behalf of his father: whilst negotiating the sale of his own Whistler works to C.L. Freer, he would concurrently negotiate the sale of some of his father’s Whistler works to Freer. In cases where it is unclear whether it was the junior or senior Way who actually owned a piece acquired by C.L. Freer, the provenance record will simply state that the object was purchased from “Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way.”

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

content: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: boat

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 13.3 x 20.7 cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/8 in)

name:
Way, Thomas
Freer, Charles Lang
Way, Thomas Robert

topic:
Bridges
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Rivers
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: Chelsea

title_sort: CHELSEA

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Chelsea


label: Date

content: late 16th-early 17th century

label: Period

content: Momoyama period

label: Description

content: Water jar (mizusashi), cylindrical, projecting pseudo-spout, lacquer cover, flat base unglazed.

content: Clay: gray stoneware

content: Glaze: grayish brown, very fine crackle

content: Decoration: grasses boldly painted in iron brown under glaze

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 83, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Saga prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware

content: Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: water

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron decoration under feldspathic glaze; lacquered wooden lid

content: H x W x D: 15.7 x 17.2 x 17.2 cm (6 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware, E-Karatsu type

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture

topic:
Karatsu ware
Water
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type
Stoneware
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Karatsu ware tea ceremony water jar, E-Karatsu type

title_sort: KARATSU WARE TEA CEREMONY WATER JAR, E-KARATSU TYPE

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: 5th-6th century

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 50, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: glass dragging

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Unclassified

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass
Glass dragging

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

label: Title

content: Fragment of a bead

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BEAD

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a bead


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: Reportedly excavated at Xi’an, Shaanxi [1]

content: Duanfang (1861–1911) [2]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th–early 20th century), Shanghai to 1919 [3]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1919 [4]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record states: “Said to have been in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang [Duanfang] and to have been excavated in Sianfu [Xi’an], Shensi [Shaanxi].” However, note that Curatorial Remark 5, William B. Trousdale, 1964, in the object record, states: “This piece is not illustrated in the catalogue of the Tuan Fang [Duanfang] collection (T’ao chai ku yu t’u [Taozhai guyu tu], Shanghai, 1936).”

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1420, p. 337, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

content: [5] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

content: Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

content: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W: 4.6 x 5.8 cm (1 13/16 x 2 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Sword scabbard chape with geometric decoration

title_sort: SWORD SCABBARD CHAPE WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: A weary traveler collapsed upon a pile of heavy luggage represents some of the rigors of travel experienced by Whistler and Delannoy as they spent their wanderlust. This drawing might have been executed before the two artists reached Cologne, for at that point they left their knapsack with their landlord as security until money could be sent from Paris to pay the hotel bill.

label: Provenance

content: Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

content: To 1898

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: man

content: sleeping

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

content: H x W: 9.2 x 9.1 cm (3 5/8 x 3 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Haden, Seymour
H. Wunderlich & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sleeping
American Art
Men

content: United States

content: A man asleep on a pile of luggage

title_sort: A MAN ASLEEP ON A PILE OF LUGGAGE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: A man asleep on a pile of luggage


content: ca. 1835-1836

content: Edo period

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. This object belongs with thirty-three drawings purchased in 1903, but not given accession numbers until 1907 [F1907.548 through F1907.580]. See Accession List, as well as Freer Letter Book 10, pg. 297, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poet

content: Japan

content: hanshita-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Drawing

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (sheet and image): 25.6 x 37.6 cm (10 1/16 x 14 13/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Hanshita-e
Poets

content: Japan

label: Title

content: One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), Kujō Yoshitsune

title_sort: ONE HUNDRED POETS, ONE POEM EACH EXPLAINED BY THE NURSE (HYAKUNIN ISSHU UBA GA ETOKI), KUJŌ YOSHITSUNE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Implement: Fid for untying knots; long three-sided object tapering to a point at each end, perforation near top bored from both sides; translucent, gray green with scattered mottlings of orange brown; one long and two shorter tool marks. (Old smoothed chip near top.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: (Jenny F. So, from Jade Project Database) Long triangular tapering pendant.

content: To 1917

content: Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in New York, in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1137, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 20.6 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm (8 1/8 × 1 × 13/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Tapered pendant

title_sort: TAPERED PENDANT

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tapered pendant


content: 200 BCE-100 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

content: Rim fragment of a bowl or cup. Rod and plate mosaic. Red, white, green, and yellow in a translucent, deep blue matrix. Cf. F1909.615.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Glass

content: W (overall): 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Rim fragment of a bowl or cup

title_sort: RIM FRAGMENT OF A BOWL OR CUP

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Rim fragment of a bowl or cup


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 0.5 cm (3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Ancient Egyptian Art
New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 583, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 24.8 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm (9 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 11/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Dagger

title_sort: DAGGER

title: Dagger


content: mid 17th-early 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Tsunenobu 狩野常信 (1636-1713)

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), Kidderminster, England, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Michael Tomkinson in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 400, pg. 11, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: duck

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 55 x 96.7 cm (21 5/8 x 38 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ducks
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Mandarin ducks in a landscape

title_sort: MANDARIN DUCKS IN A LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Mandarin ducks in a landscape


label: Date

content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

content: To 1916

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 595, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)

content: sheep

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.1 x 5.6 cm (1 1/4 x 2 3/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Sheep
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Ornament

title_sort: ORNAMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Ornament


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)

content: To 1905

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 49, pg. 17, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: pine tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: shikishi

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink an color on paper

content: H x W: 18.5 x 17.7 cm (7 5/16 x 6 15/16 in)

topic:
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Shikishi
Poetry

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Pine trees

title_sort: PINE TREES

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Pine trees


content: late 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Chobunsai Eishi 鳥文斎栄之 (1756-1829)

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Edward S. Hull Jr., New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward S. Hull Jr. in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 129, as well as Voucher No. 27, February 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

content: well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Edward S. Hull Jr. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: geisha

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 98.6 × 35 cm (38 13/16 × 13 3/4 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Geisha
Ukiyo-e
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: A geisha about to adjust a tortoise-shell hairpin

title_sort: A GEISHA ABOUT TO ADJUST A TORTOISE-SHELL HAIRPIN


label: Date

content: Nara period

content: To 1909

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920), Paris, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Marcel Bing in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 77, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

content: Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan (April 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024)

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: gilding

content: incising

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Nara period (645 - 794)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 07: Japanese Art from the Collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Container

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Gilt bronze

content: H x W: 28.2 x 12.4 cm (11 1/8 x 4 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bing, Marcel

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Nara period (645 - 794)
Japanese Art
Incising
Metal-work

culture: Buddhists Japanese

room: Gallery 07

building: Freer

content: Japan

content: Sutra container with cover

title_sort: SUTRA CONTAINER WITH COVER

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Sutra container with cover


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Facade of a row of three-storied houses and shop fronts; many small figures in the foreground; signed with the butterfly at upper right.

label: Signatures

content: Red butterfly in upper right quadrant

label: Inscriptions

content: Verso: Stair Landing (unknown hand)

label: Paper/Support

content: On hot-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board.

content: To 1904

content: John James Cowan (1846-1936), Edinburgh, Scotland, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John James Cowan, through William Marchant and Co, London, in June 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 18, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

content: Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)

content: Whistler's Neighborhood: Impressions of a Changing London (September 8, 2012 to September 8, 2013)

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

content: Whistler Water Colors (January 7, 1924 to April 4, 1930)

content: 78th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (Spring or Autumn of 1904)

content: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)

content: Pictures, Drawings, Bronzes, Pottery, Antique Furniture, Decorative Metal Work (1898)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (1896)

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1886)

content: John James Cowan (1846-1936) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: zinc white

content: strontium chromate

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: madder

content: cadmium sulfide

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 12.5 x 21 cm (4 15/16 x 8 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Cowan, John James

topic:
Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Store front
Madder
Zinc white
Cadmium sulfide
Cerulean blue
Vermilion
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Strontium chromate
Prussian blue
Burnt sienna

content: United States

label: Title

content: Red and Brown-Hoxton

title_sort: RED AND BROWN-HOXTON

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Red and Brown-Hoxton


label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Song Xu (1525-ca. 1606)

content: Formerly attributed to Wang Meng 王蒙 (ca. 1308-1385)

label: Label

content: Located in the foothills south of the imperial capital at Chang'an (modern Xi'an), Wang River Estate was the country retreat of the court official Wang Wei (701-761), a renowned Tang dynasty poet and painter. Wang once painted twenty of his favorite locations on the property and composed an accompanying series of short poems. While the estate encompassed many wild areas and was not a garden in the conventional sense, Wang's famous depiction inspired later generations to incorporate similar combinations of water and land, mountain and valley, and cultivated and uncultivated into their garden architecture. This long handscroll painting is an imaginative re-creation of Wang's composition.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: An unnamed Mandarin owner, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unnamed Mandarin owner, through Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 666, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy (November 22, 2014 to May 31, 2015)

content: Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

content: East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (February 24 to May 13, 2007)

content: In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)

content: Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

content: Chinese Calligraphy (May 9, 1980 to November 14, 1980)

content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

content: A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Riu Cheng Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: garden

content: Wangchuan Villa

content: Wang Wei

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 30 x 1075.6 cm (11 13/16 x 423 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Gardens
Wang Wei
Wangchuan Villa

content: China

content: The Wang River estate

title_sort: THE WANG RIVER ESTATE

title: The Wang River estate


content: Sui dynasty

label: Description

content: Dedication image, of Guanyin.

content: Surface: brown patina and traces of gilding.

content: Inscription.

label: Inscriptions

content: The inscription, around the two sides of the lower dais, is as follows: "K'ai-huang shih-chiu-nien ssu-yueh nien-san-jih Lo Yun ching-tsao Kuah-shih-yin hsiang i-ch'u wai shang kuo fu mu t'o-sheng hsi-fang ho-chia ta-shao i-shih ch'eng fo" [Chn]. It can be translated: "On the 23rd day of the 4th month in the 19th year of K'ai-huang [May 23rd, 599], disciple Lo Yun respectfully had one statue of the image of Kuan-shih-yin made on behalf of his deceased parents [in the hope that they may] find refuge in the Western [Paradise], and on behalf of all members of his family [in the hope that they all may] attain Buddhahood at the same time."

content: To 1911

content: Kita Toranosuke, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kita Toranosuke in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 296, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Kita Toranosuke (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Guanyin

content: China

content: lettering

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 10.8 x 4.9 cm (4 1/4 x 1 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kita, Toranosuke

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Bodhisattva
Lettering
Metal-work
Guanyin

content: China

content: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

title_sort: BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (GUANYIN)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.7 cm (1/4 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟 (ca. 1049-1106)

content: To 1911

content: Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 92, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: An Epic of Kings: The Great Mongol Shahnama (September 21, 2024 to January 12, 2025)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: pine tree

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: worshiper

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 26.1 x 32.4 cm (10 1/4 x 12 3/4 in)

topic:
Pine tree
Worshiper
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Attendant

content: China

content: Luohan, attendant, and worshipper under pines

title_sort: LUOHAN, ATTENDANT, AND WORSHIPPER UNDER PINES


content: mid-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1915

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), New York, NY, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, New York, in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 733, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with silver(?), gold, and turquoise inlay

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 18.2 x 2.7 cm (7 3/16 x 1 1/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G224 state 1 of 4.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

content: Charles Lang Freer acquired many Whistler pieces from the Ways. However, museum records do not always specify whether it was the younger or elder Way who was the source of a particular object. Further, archival sources indicate that the junior Way sometimes acted on behalf of his father: whilst negotiating the sale of his own Whistler works to C.L. Freer, he would concurrently negotiate the sale of some of his father’s Whistler works to Freer. In cases where it is unclear whether it was the junior or senior Way who actually owned a piece acquired by C.L. Freer, the provenance record will simply state that the object was purchased from “Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way.”

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: water

content: boat

content: architecture

content: Italy

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.7 x 15.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in)

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Architecture
American Art
Etching (printing process)

content: Italy

content: United States

label: Title

content: Quiet Canal

title_sort: QUIET CANAL

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Quiet Canal


content: ca. 600-550 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Lee Chiao San, Shanghai, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lee Chiao San in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 197, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Lee Chiao San (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Musical Instrument

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 33.4 x 17.7 cm (13 1/8 x 6 15/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
San, Lee Chiao
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

content: Bell (yong zhong)

title_sort: BELL (YONG ZHONG)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bell (yong zhong)


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Possibly Han dynasty

content: To 1917

content: Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in New York, in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1128, pg. 253, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade

content: Diam x D: 2 x 5.6 cm (13/16 x 2 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Jade
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Sword fitting

title_sort: SWORD FITTING

title: Sword fitting


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler's drawing of Annie Haden is probably a preparatory drawing related to At the Piano, an oil begun late in 1858 and exhibited the next year. The Freer drawing could have been one of several in which the artist explored the leaning figure from different angles. For the final work, he chose a profile which formally complements the piano player. X rays of the painting indicate that the figure of the little girl may not have been part of the artist's conception at first. At The Piano was an important picture, the first one Whistler exhibited in England, and probably the first to be associated with Velasquez. Freer greatly admired the "Piano Picture", but was never able to acquire it. He had to content himself with this drawing.

label: Provenance

content: Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

content: To 1898

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Figure (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

content: Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: portrait

content: child

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Medium

content: Pencil on gray-blue paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 17.3 x 11.2 cm (6 13/16 x 4 7/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Children

content: United States

content: Annie

title_sort: ANNIE

title: Annie


content: 1st century or later

label: Period

content: Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment of inlay. Mosaic technique columnar rods and plates. White in translucent green matrix. Broken off from 09.583.

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3 cm (1 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

label: Title

content: Fragment of inlay, also see F1909.583

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY, ALSO SEE F1909.583

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragment of inlay, also see F1909.583


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G97 state 2 of 2.

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

content: Charles Lang Freer acquired many Whistler pieces from the Ways. However, museum records do not always specify whether it was the younger or elder Way who was the source of a particular object. Further, archival sources indicate that the junior Way sometimes acted on behalf of his father: whilst negotiating the sale of his own Whistler works to C.L. Freer, he would concurrently negotiate the sale of some of his father’s Whistler works to Freer. In cases where it is unclear whether it was the junior or senior Way who actually owned a piece acquired by C.L. Freer, the provenance record will simply state that the object was purchased from “Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way.”

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints, East Corridor (January 5, 1944 to January 8, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (April 4, 1930 to January 20, 1944)

content: Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

content: Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 9 x 19 cm (3 9/16 x 7 1/2 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: Chelsea Wharf

title_sort: CHELSEA WHARF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Chelsea Wharf


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserve Kakemono List, R. 990, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1. See also, Accession List, purchase details.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: waterfall

content: poet

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 154.6 x 81.3 cm (60 7/8 x 32 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Waterfalls
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Poets

content: China

content: Two Gentlemen Contemplating a Waterfall

title_sort: TWO GENTLEMEN CONTEMPLATING A WATERFALL

title: Two Gentlemen Contemplating a Waterfall


label: Date

content: early 17th-mid 18th century

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

content: Private collection, collected from Wihan Somdet Palace, Ayutthaya, Thailand between 1975 and 1976. [1]

content: From 1992

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of an anonymous donor. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

content: [2] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

label: Origin

content: Possibly Netherlands

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H x W: 3.6 x 3.7 cm (1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

label: Title

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Glass fragment


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Ta Ge Shang, Beijing and Shanghai, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 223, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with gilding

content: Diam: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Ring

title_sort: RING

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ring


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

label: Signatures

content: Signed: Hokusai Aratame (changed) Tameichi hitsu.

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Edward S. Hull Jr., New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward S. Hull Jr. in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, S.I. 2A, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

content: well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Edward S. Hull Jr. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: bell

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (sheet and image): 20.3 x 46.5 cm (8 x 18 5/16 in)

topic:
Bells
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Men
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e

content: Japan

content: A fat old man sitting beside a large bell

title_sort: A FAT OLD MAN SITTING BESIDE A LARGE BELL


label: Date

content: 13th century

content: Kamakura period

label: Label

content: The bodhisattva (enlightened being) known in Japanese as Monju Bosatsu (or Manjushri in Sanskrit) is a Buddhist deity who represents wisdom. Paintings of Monju often show him riding a lion and holding a sacred scripture (sutra) in the form of a book or scroll. Here he holds in his left hand a lotus, a symbol of purity, which is surmounted by a book. In his right hand is a weapon to protect against ignorance and evil. Monju is often depicted with the bodhisattva Fugen, who rides an elephant and represents teaching, meditation, and practice of the Buddha. Together they are attendants to the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni, but each bodhisattva is also individually worshipped.

content: To 1905

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Kakemono List, pg. 143, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan (April 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024)

content: Spreading the Word (May 18 to November 12, 2018)

content: Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

content: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

content: Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

content: Japanese Art: Painting and Sculpture (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

content: Japanese Art (January 1, 1963 to July 1, 1966)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 1 and 2 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Paintings (October 25, 1955 to November 23, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Ceramics, and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to January 23, 1951)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Ceramics and Painting (May 2, 1946 to October 2, 1947)

content: Japanese Paintings Buddhist Etc. (January 5, 1928 to December 8, 1941)

content: Japanese Paintings and Sculpture (May 2, 1923 to January 5, 1928)

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: lion

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: Manjushri

content: sutra

content: Japan

content: halo

content: Mahayana Buddhism

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, gold, and silver on silk

content: H x W (image): 129.6 × 56.7 cm (51 × 22 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Animals
Japanese Art
Sutra
Manjushri
Mahayana Buddhism
Halo
Kakemono

content: Japan

label: Title

content: The Bodhisattva Monju

title_sort: THE BODHISATTVA MONJU

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Bodhisattva Monju


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: From 1876 to 1892

content: Frederick Richards Leyland (1831-1892), London, from 1876 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1894

content: Estate of Frederick Richards Leyland, London, from 1892 [2]

content: From 1894 to 1904

content: Mrs. James Watney (Blanche Marie Georgiana Burrell Watney), London, purchased from the Estate of Frederick Richards Leyland in 1894 [3]

content: Obach & Co., London, purchased from Mrs. James Watney, through Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries, London, in 1904 [4]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1904 [5]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [6]

content: Notes:

content: [1] These panels were removed from a staircase in Frederick Richard Leyland's house, 49 Prince's Gate, London (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record). When Frederick Richard Leyland died in 1892, 49 Prince's Gate - and its contents - was offered for sale.

content: Leyland's porcelains and other treasures were sold. The house - which still contained these stair panels, as well as the famous Peacock Room - did not bring a high enough offer and it was withdrawn from sale. It was finally purchased in 1894 by Mrs. James (Blanche) Watney. Upon discovering that the Peacock Room could be taken apart and reassembled, Mrs. Watney decided to sell the room. In 1903, Mrs. Watney engaged Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries in Leicester Square as agents. Unable to purchase, dismantle, and reassemble the room on their own, Ernest Brown, one of principals, enlisted the cooperation of Obach & Co., a larger gallery on New Bond Street. In 1904, Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room from Obach & Co., and soon thereafter purchased these stair panels (see Curatorial Remark 5, David Park Curry, 1984, in the object record). See also, F1904.61, Curatorial Remarks and Provenance, for more information.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: [4] See note 1. Also, the exact nature of the transactions between Mrs. Watney, Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries, and Obach & Co. is somewhat unclear. Messrs. Brown and Phillips appear to have acted simply as agents for Mrs. Watney, facilitating the sale of architectural fragments of 49 Prince's Gate, from Mrs. Watney to Obach & Co.

content: Obach & Co. appear to have been full owners of these pieces, having purchased them from Mrs. Watney before selling them to Freer.

content: [5] See notes 1 and 4.

content: [6] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Frederick Richards Leyland (1831-1892)

content: Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: morning glory

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Oil and metal leaf on wood

content: H x W: 58 x 26.5 cm (22 13/16 x 10 7/16 in)

name:
Leyland, Frederick Richards
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Morning glory

content: United States

content: Staircase panel

title_sort: STAIRCASE PANEL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Staircase panel