176Wych Street, LondonFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.263 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London; bought from Obach & Co. (receipts, 9 December 1903 and 6 January 1904) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 320 x 205 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 215 x 138 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper of this '1st proof' (according to Whistler's inscription) is different from that of the impression annotate '2nd proof'--the chain lines differ and the laid lines on this sheet are finer and closer |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks, with two more prominent patches near the lower left corner and near the lower right plate edge |
| Print note: | The darkest lines are very inky (possible use of retroussage?); this is an impression of the first state (formely catalogued as the second); it is possible that the changes between Kennedy's first and second states do not represent true states but, rather, are the result of wear. |
| 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 and 'Whistler' (underlined) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st (the 'st' superscript and underlined) -' in the lower right margin on the recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1877/1878; the lettered signature follows the inscription |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W 132 Wych Street' written by C.L. Freer, erased. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1590203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.