197Venetian Water CarrierFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1908.7 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from E. Gottschalk, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1908; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 237 x 188 mm |
| Plate mark size: | variable; max 194 x 126 mm |
| Note on size: | upper platemark extends beyond upper sheet edge |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial KF countermark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with a halo of plate tone over and around figure, reflecting the area where ink was applied to the plate; inky fingerprints at lower plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The lines print faintly so need to make certain the medium is drypoint, not etching; note that the patch of plate tone on Kennedy's illustration is similar to but not exactly the same-- as the lines of the subject are so faint, could this be a second impression from the plate (without re-inking?) |
| 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: | 'JMcN Whistler / Venice / 80' (Whistler underlined) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Venice / 80' by signature |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note date by the signature; however it is a different lead from the signature and may be different handwriting or may have been added at a later time |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'From Gottschalk Dec. 07. Venetian Water Carrier Grolier 206' on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2320102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.