239The SmithyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.197 State: 5/6 |  |
| 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 299), bought by Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, £3.5.0; sold to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 173 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 173 x 225 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: | S WISE & CO / 1823 with heart (Chicago watermark 320) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | Graphite additions to the outline of the upper body of the figure to the left of the anvil and corrections to the legs; described in Hutchinson sale catalogue as 'fifth trial proof, touched'. |
| Print tone: | light even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and small patches, especially near the plate corners and on the bottom quarter of the plate |
| Print note: | FGA catalogued this as Kennedy's fifth state; it is the fourth |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blindstamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '9297' at upper right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '24' at upper right on the verso; '3' (crossed out) and '5' at lower right; title and Wedmore number at upper centre, all on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2400503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.