105The Old Swan Brewery, ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1899.2 State: 1/1 | ![]() |
Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 March 1899), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1899; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 69 x 98 mm |
Plate mark size: | 67 x 98 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | none |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
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: | butterfly 'imp' |
Note on the tab: | tab 63-70 mm from left, height 2 mm; butterfly of 1890s |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '679' at center on the verso; 'i/8-/.' at lower right on the verso; blue dot at lower left on the verso. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0980103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.