235Bead StringersFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.185 State: 11/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 259), bought by Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, £2.2.0; sold to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 232 x 149 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 224 x 149 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: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Fairly even overall plate tone, slightly darker at top and bottom; distinct curving wiping marks. |
| Note on foul biting: | Small spots and patches at upper and lower left; the foul biting in the other FGA impressions (Kennedy's state IV) is less prominent here. |
| Print note: | Ruled lines, visible on the verso, were used to trim the impression. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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 37-54 mm from left, height 8 mm; butterfly of 1886/1888 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | small-medium unshaded butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blindstamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1980803 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.