300The Menpes ChildrenFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1909.117 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1909; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 70 x 102 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 69 x 101 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' (post 1800) laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown/black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very pale, even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | Many scattered flecks |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of ca 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly signature okay? |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '28' at lower centre on the verso; 'W212 Signed by Whistler' at lower left on the verso and 'Obach + Co 1909' (1909 underlined) at lower right on the verso, both by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2610103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.