COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_09232
Creator name:
Whistler, James McNeill
Creator dates:
1834-1903
Creator nationality:
American
Creator name:
Jeckyll, Thomas
Creator dates:
1827-1881
Creator nationality:
British (modern)
Title:
The Peacock Room
Date:
1876-1877
Date type:
creation
Location:
49 Prince's Gate, Kensington, London
Location type:
formerSite
Location_context:
installation
Repository name:
Freer Gallery of Art
Repository name variant:
Smithsonian Institution. Freer Gallery of Art
Repository location:
Washington, D.C.
Repository_inventory_ number:
F1904.61
Style_Period:
Anglo-Japanese
Subject:
interior
Subject:
display rooms and spaces
Subject:
paintings (visual works)
Subject:
peacock (bird)
Subject:
ceramics (objects)
Subject:
blue-and-white (ceramic glaze)
Subject:
gold (color)
Subject:
shelves
Culture:
American (North American)
Culture:
English
Category:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Work_type:
dining room
Material_Technique:
Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, mosaic tile, glass, and wood
Material_Technique:
blue and white porcelain
Measurement:
421.6 x 613.4 x 1026.2 cm
Copy_Source:
digital image
Image_Source:
Walter Denny
Note:
From the NMAA website: "The Peacock Room was once the dining room in the London home, 49 Prince's Gate, of Frederick Richard Leyland. When Frederick Richard Leyland died in 1892, 49 Prince's Gate - and its contents - was offered for sale."
Rights Reproduction & Access:
Duplication rights - Walter Denny
Filename:
WBD_09232.JPG
