12FumetteFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.236 State: 4/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 232 x 172 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 162 x 110 mm |
| Note on size: | wide margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800); much debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale overall plate tone with face and arms wiped clean |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable foul biting to left and right of figure as well as on her skirt; acid drops at upper right near plate edge |
| Print note: | Remnant of earlier etched image below figure's feet and in lower portion of skirt: two shaded rectangular frames and small round vessel (?). The new shadow at left and series of horizontal lines at left that denote the step or ledge are executed in drypoint. There are patches of tone where the plate was not cleanly wiped, which have a dirty appearance; however this might be the effect of re-biting the plate, before it was burnished or polished smooth, so that the slightly bitten surface holds the ink. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | M. Smith records previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.29. |
| Collector's mark: | 'S.H. Pari[s]' in graphite pencil at lower right on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W18 Fumette before the address' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0130302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.