239The SmithyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1891.3 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (stock no. a 19692), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1891; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 174 x 229 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 173 x 228 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: | A X A (?) countermark (?) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale, even |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and small patches, especially near the plate corners and on the bottom quarter of the plate |
| Print note: |
| 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: | tab 44-53 mm from left, height 2 mm; butterfly of 1888/1890 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Freer's inscription is incorrect: this impression was purchased from Wunderlich |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 19692' at lower left on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W197 The Smithy, 5th trial T. Way- June/05' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2400504 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.