42Nursemaid and ChildFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.263 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 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 107 x 138 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 97 x 133 mm |
| Other size: | .06 thickness mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese laid |
| Note on the paper: | gasenshi, uneven distribution, little debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | Along the bottom edge. |
| 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: | FGA folder sheet: In pencil on the margin: S.H.(In red). Erased March 29th, 1924. Freer wrote in pencil, verso: W 34 - 2nd State. Veritype inscription in pencil, verso: 98.263 M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: K. 37 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | [ ] |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0370202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.