16The KitchenFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.239 State: 3/3 |  |
| 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: | 228 x 158 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 156 mm |
| Other size: | .14 thickness mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1880); much debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines. |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | GR surmounted by crown |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Some plate tone on walls ceiling and floor, except for walls of window area around figure, which are clean-wiped. |
| Note on foul biting: | Tiny flecks on window wall to right of figure and heavy patches near plate edge at left, bottom and lower right. |
| Print note: | distinct signs of wear on nape of figure's neck and vessel at her right. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171. |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Note on the tab: | Pencil butterfly 1886/1887; tab is 28 mm from l.l. corner |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | 'oo' on verso unlikely to be authentic "quality marks" by Whistler (soft pencil) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 15443' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W19- 2nd [underscored] State' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0240303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.