43The SlipperFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.252 State: 2/2 |  |
| 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 Novmber 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 125 x 85 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 120 x 80 mm |
| Note on size: | Narrow margin. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | pale green |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | greenish grey, 'modern' laid (post 1800) |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Fleur-de-lys in a crowned shield |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very little tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '98.252', veritype inscription on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0280102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.