With Kindest Regards The Correspondence of Charles Lang Freer and James McNeill Whistler 1890-1903

Records the extraordinary friendship between the American expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) & his most significant patron, Charles Lang Freer (1954-1919). Their relationship proved to be mutually beneficial. Freer wanted to assemble a collection of Whistler's works & Whistler was eager to establish a reputation in the U.S. Freer's admiration for Whistler as an artist & affection for him as a friend led to the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art. The 89 letters, telegrams, cablegrams, & calling cards cited here chronicle the growth of Freer's Whistler collection. Heavily illustrated.Merrill, Linda is the author of 'With Kindest Regards The Correspondence of Charles Lang Freer and James McNeill Whistler 1890-1903' with ISBN 9780788194870 and ISBN 0788194879.