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The Storm

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.323
State: 1/3

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, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:163 x 289 mm  
Plate mark size:158 x 288 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan laid  
Note on the paper:even distribution, much debris, ganpi, vertical chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:some plate tone along right plate edge; inky plate mark  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Effective and dramatic impression with strong burr; note that there is another drawing visible underneath ; early state--this was known to Freer--and, possibly, Haden (see erased inscription info), but not recorded by Kennedy  

 

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:M. Smith notes previous existence of inscription "1st - before upper part of sky was made dark. S.H." in graphite on old mount (now lost). It was erased 1924.01.02.  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) twice  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0810104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.