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Little Salute

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1889.23
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance: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:82 x 211 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 211 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with tone at the lower edge  
Note on foul biting:patches of scraper marks at upper left and along the right side  
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 33-50 mm from left, height 9 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:'9618' at upper right on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'ox' at lower right on the verso; '319b' and 'W16768' at lower left on the verso; 'W190' at lower right on the verso (possibly by C.L. Freer).  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2200203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.