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Liverdun

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.212
State: 3/3

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:161 x 209 mm  
Plate mark size:108 x 153 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:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with slight plate tone on land in foreground and at upper right corner; wiped clean on the walls and cow  
Note on foul biting:scattered; most pronounced on lower half of plate and in upper right corner  
Print note:A good clear impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' at upper right corner; 'J. Whistler' at lower left corner  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
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 on 1923.12.29.  
Collector's mark:'S. Haden' in graphite pencil on verso (see Lugt 1227)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W4' on verso by C. L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0160203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.