116The Letter (Maud, seated)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.346 State: 1/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), London; Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1876; Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., (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: | 201 x 157 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 140 x 101 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial Pro Patria |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very faint overall plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | small patch of corrosion at the upper right of the plate butterfly signature; other scattered pits and scratches. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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: | 'S. Haden' at the lower right on the verso; 'Rose Sale June. 30 1876' at the lower left on the verso by F.S. Haden; 'W100' at the lower centre on the verso by C.L.Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1150102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.