A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain Forming the Collections of Sir Henry Thompson, Illustrated by the autotype process from drawings by James Whistler, Esq. and Sir Henry Thompson

Maker(s)
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Publisher: Ellis and White, London
Printer: Elzevir Press , printed by John C. Wilkins
Author: Sir Henry Thompson (1820-1904)
Historical period(s)
1878
Medium
Ink on paper; tooled and gilded leather binding
Dimensions
H x W x D (closed): 26.6 × 23 × 2 cm (10 1/2 × 9 1/16 × 13/16 in)
Geography
England, London
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-GR-784a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Book
Type

Book

Keywords
art collecting, China, England, porcelain
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Collection Area(s)
European Art
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