88Jo's Bent HeadFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.409 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: | 255 x 169 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, with 4 and VR below |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with platetone, with diagonal r-l wiping marks at lower left and inky plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | many small pits and scratches in plate, particularly at upper left and right; the result of abrasion, not acid |
| Print note: | ink color is a 'sepia' brown |
| 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 1925.6.16 |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The head of a woman Supp 370. / & No [the 'o' underscored] 45 of the Haden Colln.' on verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0780204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.