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Hurlingham

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1889.29
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Published by the Print Sellers' Association. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt 7 September 1889) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:231 x 318 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Very pale, even tone  
Note on foul biting:A few scattered flecks on the shoreline and boats in the middleground.  
Print note:The impression is printed with retroussage  

 

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:butterfly  
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:small, unshaded butterfly  
Collector's mark:The Printsellers' Association with 'JR' at centre blindstamp (see Lugt 2050 and 2051); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W147' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; '3' at lower right on the verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1810203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.