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Gypsy Baby

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1902.107
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Samuda Collection. Bought from Obach & Co., London (receipt, 30 May 1902), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:99 x 66 mm  
Plate mark size:99 x 66 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid or Asian 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:Medium buff overall tone, slightly lighter at upper centre; light picking at the left edge and at centre.  
Note on foul biting:considerable over the etched area  
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 41-51 mm from left, height 2 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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'G306' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'Gipsy baby' at lower right on the verso (according to Mansfield's catalogue, this inscription is by Whistler, but it is not his hand); 'Greedy baby' at lower right on the verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3390102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.