129The DeskFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1893.19 State: 3/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Max Wiliams & Co. receipts 1, 8, 25 May 1893, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 325 x 207 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 212 x 136 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'SH' or 'HS' countermark ( Chicago watermark 178?) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With graduated tone on the the lower portion of the plate, wiped cleaner at the lower right corner. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| 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: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W104' at the lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; '175.00' (the 00 raised and underlined) at the lower right on the recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1330302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.