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The Little Nurse, Grays Inn |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46913) | |
| Number: | 286 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 133 x 97 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.302; M.297 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was never published, although it is considered part of a 'Grey's Inn Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
Although it is a fairly small and rare etching, an impression was selected for exhibition with Les XX in Brussels in 1888. 10 It is an interesting choice for an avant-garde exhibition in the Belgian capital city. Impressions were exhibited by H. Wunderlich & Co., in New York, in 1898 and 1903, and by Obach's in London in 1903. 11 Two impressions were exhibited by the Caxton Club in 1900 as 'The Little Nurse, Grays Inn', lent by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (
) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (). 12
Thereafter it was shown at the Memorial Exhibitions held after Whistler's death, including the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in London in 1905 (lent by John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908)). 13
) and Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (). 12
Thereafter it was shown at the Memorial Exhibitions held after Whistler's death, including the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in London in 1905 (lent by John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908)). 13
10: Brussels 1888 (cat. no. 8).
11: See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
12: Chicago 1900 (cat. nos. 241, 241a).
13: New York 1904a (cat. no. 309); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 307).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold impressions for £6.6.0. The first sales were on 21 December 1887 and in February 1888 to the London print dealer, Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832). 14
Whistler then recorded the sale of impressions to New York print dealers H. Wunderlich & Co. on 3 and 14 May 1888, 15 and on 2 July 1888 to Frederick Keppel (1845-1912) of F. Keppel & Co. 16 Later he sold more impressions to Wunderlich's for a discounted price of £4.4.0 in 1899. 17 Wunderlich's sold an impression to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) on 1 May 1888, and at some time sold another to A. Augustus Healy (1850-1921), which he later gave to the Brooklyn Museum of Art ().
Other American collectors included Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) () and Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935) (). The latter was later sold through Knoedler & Co. and bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), who gave it to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Whistler then recorded the sale of impressions to New York print dealers H. Wunderlich & Co. on 3 and 14 May 1888, 15 and on 2 July 1888 to Frederick Keppel (1845-1912) of F. Keppel & Co. 16 Later he sold more impressions to Wunderlich's for a discounted price of £4.4.0 in 1899. 17 Wunderlich's sold an impression to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) on 1 May 1888, and at some time sold another to A. Augustus Healy (1850-1921), which he later gave to the Brooklyn Museum of Art (
). Other American collectors included Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (
) and Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935) (). The latter was later sold through Knoedler & Co. and bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), who gave it to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.