12FumetteFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.237 State: 5/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 244 x 168 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 162 x 109 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1880); much debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Scallop shell |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable foul biting to left and right of figure as well as on her skirt; acid drops at upper right near plate edge |
| Print note: | Remnant of earlier etched image below figure's feet and in lower portion of skirt: two shaded rectangular frames and small round vessel (?). The new shadow at left and series of horizontal lines at left that denote the step or ledge are executed in drypoint. There are some light areas of texture |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['s' reversed] 171.' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.24. Another recorded notation ("S.H.-Paris") seems to refer to the inscription on the Freer's impression of the third state. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W18 Fumette with printer's address' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0130403 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.