297Bird-Cages, ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.30 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 150 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall tone, slightly grainy. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks; vise mark at lower right corner. |
| Print note: | A good, restrained impression; this is the impression illustrated by Kennedy. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'W. JONES' on board above shop at right, and number '2' on window below; 'AMBER' on newspaper advertising board. |
| 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 62-71 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | title at lower centre on the verso; 'c291 (underlined) / ix-' at lower left on verso; 'W297' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2760103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.