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Boats on a Canal (study for the etching "Hurlingham")
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (active in England), 1834–1903)
1879
Medium/Technique
Pen and ink on smooth laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 11.4 x 18.0 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Eva Louise Merrill
Accession Number1997.133
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kennedy 181, study for
Signed
with artist's butterfly monogram in ink, lower left
ProvenanceDr. H. C. Valkema Blouw (b. 1893 – d. 1953), Bodegraven; March 2-4, 1954, Blouw collection sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, to Firma A. C. Beeling & Loon, Leeuwarden; 1954, sold by Firma A.C. Beeling & Loon to Jaap Allen Vandenbergh (b. 1908 – d. 1958), Andover, MA; 1958, by inheritance to his widow, Eva Louise Vandenbergh (later Mrs. Ezra Merrill) (b. 1922 – d. 1997), Boston; 1997, bequest of Eva Louise Merrill to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 1997)