236TurkeysFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1887.6 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1887; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 219 x 133 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 132 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | 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: | uneven overall plate tone; a somewhat inky plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | pronounced vertical and slight diagonal scratches all over the plate, heaviest at upper right; scattered flecks of foul biting, especially over the top of the well head and on the foreground turkeys |
| Print note: | Scratches and foul biting have been cleaned/burnished from some areas, most notably below the foreground turkeys |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 24-43 mm from left, height 9 mm; butterfly of 1885/1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | medium unshaded butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Mm' (the lower case 'm' superscript). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1990104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.