21Gretchen at HeidelbergFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.226 State: 1/1 |  |
| 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: | 212 x 163 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 159 mm |
| Note on size: | very small margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' (post 1800) laid; little debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | FENEROL . SERINDAT |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light even tone, more at the bottom of the sheet mfm; |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting at the edges, looking dirty, and particularly at the bottom; texture on the table at right, and in the bottom left corner mfm; scattered, most noticeable near top, bottom and right plate edges--including acid drops at lower left and center mh |
| Print note: | A very good impression. Whistler used very regular shading and cross-hatching- a variety of shading to differentiate the different areas. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W12' on verso by C. L. Freer; 'W12 Probably Whistlers rd[(underscored] etching.' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0200102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.