Art, literature & history
A Friendly Call
1895
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 76.5 x 122.5 cm (30 1/8 x 48 1/4 in.) framed: 100 x 145.7 x 7.6 cm (39 3/8 x 57 3/8 x 3 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.1.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
William Merritt Chase. A Friendly Call. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
A Friendly Call — William Merritt Chase. 1895.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 76.5 x 122.5 cm (30 1/8 x 48 1/4 in.) framed: 100 x 145.7 x 7.6 cm (39 3/8 x 57 3/8 x 3 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.1.2. Chester Dale Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.