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44

Whistler with a hat

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.288
State: 2/3

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:257 x 180 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan laid  
Note on the paper:Eastern paper: kozo; little debris - uneven distribution, horizontal chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:printed with very light plate tone, slightly heavier near the four plate corners  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:rich drypoint burr  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
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 notes previously existing inscription 'S.H.' in graphite on print's margin. It was erased 1924.3.31.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W52' and '1st State' on verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0540103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.