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The Dray Horse

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.173
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Obach & Co. (receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:82 x 51 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 51 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light warm overall tone, producing an overall brown effect  
Note on foul biting:slight texture over the building  
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 10-21mm from left, pencil butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'C.L F' in pen and ink on verso of tab (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Dray Horse, Paris / Grolier 347' on verso; 'L/L/' on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2470102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.