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After the Sale, Clothes Exchange, Houndsditch

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1904.165
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 19 July 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:126 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 176 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  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of tone near the plate corners and edges; faint bands of picking at lower left  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:There are a number (about 8) short, slightly curved left-right diagonal scratches on the central part of the plate at bottom.  

 

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 45-54 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:'Supp / 282 / RBP / After the Sale. Houndsditch.' (the RBP underlined) at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2940102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.