159Irving as Philip of Spain, No. 2Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.60 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 24 May 1904) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 330 x 210 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 228 x 153 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: | beehive DEBD |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | mfm: Very dark tone, with ragged irregular edge to right, the right edge being clean. Mh: the ink was dabbed on the plate but never wiped over the entire surface; rather, it was selectively wiped in the image area, with dark tone at the upper left, the face and torso wiped cleaner and the remainder of the plate with an intermediate shade of tone; with an inky plate mark at left. |
| 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: | 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: | 'From Obach + Co £68.5.' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1710303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.