235Bead StringersFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1902.120 State: 4/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Whistler by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, June 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 231 x 151 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 151 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, even tone; with an inky plate mark. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks; pale corrosion or acid spot on the doorframe at upper right and a dark patch of foul biting at the lower right plate corner. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '37' above the door |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 37-52 mm from left, height 4 mm; butterfly of 1888/1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | small unshaded butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W164 - Trial before the butterfly - From Mr Whistler June/02' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1980402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.