81The StormFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1891.8 State: C/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt 15 August 1891), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, August 1891; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 275 x 394 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 284 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan laid |
| Note on the paper: | even distribution, little debris, ganpi, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with light overall plate tone, slightly darker near plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | very little burr, some soft flecking and overall tone ; a greyish impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler / 1861.' |
| 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: | 'W77' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0810103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.