UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Gretchen at Heidelberg

Impression: Freer Gallery of Art
Freer Gallery of Art
(1898.226)
Number: 21
Date: 1858
Medium: etching
Size: 205 x 156 mm
Signed: 'Whistler' at upper left
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 1
Known impressions: 4
Catalogues: K.20; M.20; T.33; W.12
Impressions taken from this plate  (4)

TECHNIQUE

Pure etching, with complex and varied areas of cross-hatching to indicate different materials on the young woman's dress, and areas of shading on the floor, walls and window.

PRINTING

The known prints are all good, clear impressions, three on laid paper (Graphic with a link to impression #K0200104, Graphic with a link to impression #K0200103, Graphic with a link to impression #K0200101) and one on wove (Graphic with a link to impression #K0200102). Three are in dark brown ink, and one in black (Graphic with a link to impression #K0200101).