145The Boy (Charlie Hanson)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1893.91 State: 5/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | C.W. Dowdeswell (1832- 1915), London. Bought from Max Williams & Co., (receipts, 1 and 8 May 1893), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 236 x 212 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 225 x 149 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | [H?] D countermark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | mfm: Some tone, particularly on the shadow at right mh: Some tone, mostly at right behind and below the figure |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The effect of printing is softer and fuzzier than FGA 1898.351. |
| 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: | 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: | 'FROM / C.W. DOWDESWELL / 36 CHANCERY LANE' stamp (C.W. Dowdeswell, Lugt 690); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W109' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; '339/9705' at upper right on the recto; '4464/30' at upper right on the verso; blue dot at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1350502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.