40Greenwich PensionerFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1895.7 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1895; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 124 x 162 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 95 x 133 mm |
| Note on size: | fairly small margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan laid |
| Note on the paper: | Eastern paper: kozo; little debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks thoughout with more prominent patches at the four plate corners |
| Print note: | Drypoint shading on hillside behind figure. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Greenwich. 1859.' |
| 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 C.L. Freer note on early list: "Unsatisfactory proof--yellow spots. This impression is not good enough to go to the Smithsonian." |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W32' on verso by C.L. Freer; '8' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0340203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.