Boats on a Canal (study for the etching "Hurlingham")

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American (active in England), 1834–1903)

1879

Medium/TechniquePen and ink on smooth laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 11.4 x 18.0 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Eva Louise Merrill

Accession number1997.133

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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)