181ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.177 State: 5/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 200 x 320 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 133 x 207 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | eagle (two-headed?) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Some pale plate tone, slightly darker near the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | This impression of the 'fourth state' prints somewhat more strongly than FGA 1889.22 |
| 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: | The Printsellers' Association with 'HE' at centre blindstamp (see Lugt 2050 and 2051) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '3' at lower right on the recto; 'E207 Battersea' at lower left on the verso; 'Wedmore 146' at lower right on the verso, '3/3/-' at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1820403 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.