26La RétameuseFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.213 State: 1/2 |  |
| 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: | 181 x 142 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 111 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800); much debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: two joined half circles at the edge of the paper |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale overall plate tone and inky plate edges; |
| Note on foul biting: | minor, scattered and more prominent the four plate corners |
| Print note: | Even overall tone, which gives the print a light glow. The ink looks dark brown, the impression has a glowing effect |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| 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 the inscription "S.H. l'etat avant la signature et avant l'addresse de Delatre" in graphite on the etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.29. |
| Collector's mark: | partial 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt); 'S.H' in graphite pencil (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W5' on verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0140102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.