86The ForgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1896.27 State: C/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, (receipt 9 January 1896), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, January 1896; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 205 x 325 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 192 x 313 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid; little debris - even distribution; 27 mm between chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: fleur-de-lys on the bottom of a shield with WK below |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' ( 't' not crossed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W63 K63 Gr64 M68' and 'The Forge' and 'Dry-point' on verso (in hand of Freer staff member as writing matches accession number inscription). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0680501 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.