316Railway Arch, American SquareFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.50 State: 4/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 20 March 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 70 x 163 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 70 x 162 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: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, slightly heavier near the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and patches as on FGA 1903.44 plus new gray spots on the pilaster and wall to the left of the arch opening |
| Print note: | There may be drypoint shading on the ground in front of the arch and on the wall to the right, or these may be etched lines that have been partly removed (scraped down); while most new lines added in the archway in the second state appear to be etching, some may be drypoint. |
| 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 124-134 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'CLF.' in black ink on tab verso (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W218' and 'Railway Arch / 2nd State-' at lower centre on the recto by C.L. Freer; '#179' at lower centre on the verso; 'ox-' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2680204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.