17The MiserFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.309 State: 2/7 |  |
| 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), through T. W. Dewing, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 215 x 286 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 118 x 158 mm |
| Note on size: | broad margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | appears to be sheet removed from book; 'modern' laid; much debris, -even distribution; 31 mm betwn chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some very light plate tone on the floor boards behind and to the left of the figure; inky plate mark at top, right and bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | several scattered flecks and two small round acid or corrosion marks at upper right |
| Print note: | good impression; note that acid/corrosion marks would be accidental defects as the plate was not bitten in acid |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| 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 1924.1.2. |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'First trial proof before the signature' on verso by C.L. Freer; tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0690102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.