Perambulator, King's Road |  Freer Gallery of Art (1902.108) | |
| Number: | 277 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 107 x 65 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.278; M.272 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
PUBLICATION
Perambulator, King's Road was never published.
EXHIBITIONS
It was extremely rare and rarely exhibited. Impressions were shown in New York by the print dealers H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1898 and 1903. 9 It was also exhibited, after Whistler's death, in the comprehensive exhibition at the Grolier Club, New York, in 1904. 10 There is no record of exhibitions in Britain.
9: New York 1898 (cat. no. 181); New York 1903b (cat. no. 246).
10: New York 1904a (cat. no. 323).
SALES & COLLECTORS
On 11 February
1888 Whistler sold an impression for £5.5.0 to the London print dealer, Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832). Another impression was sold through Wunderlich's of New York to Ross Revillon Winans (1850-1912) on 3 May 1888. 11
Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Obach & Co. in London in 1902 (
). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) probably bought his impression from Wunderlich's (), for it has their account number ('a 26899') on the verso.
Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Obach & Co. in London in 1902 (
). Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) probably bought his impression from Wunderlich's (), for it has their account number ('a 26899') on the verso.