181ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.375 State: 1/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (Wunderlich 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: | 220 x 322 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 132 x 207 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book; with sew holes along the top sheet edge and an old faded ink inscription ('Zeeland') on the recto |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the somewhat inky plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | This appears to be pure etching but should be checked; retroussage was used to produce very heavy blacks in the middleground. |
| 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: | 'AM' (or 'UM') in script, at right on the verso; 'W148 first trial proof' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1820103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.