281Gray's Inn PlaceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.121 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 125 x 175 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 125 x 175 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | not certain is this is wove or Asian laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone at the plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks across the central image, with darker foul biting near the left and bottom edges |
| Print note: | Rich dark brown impression; there are faint traces of figures to lower left of centre |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'GRAY'S INN PLACE' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Specially chosen. / 1st. State' (the st superscript) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 27-37 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note corrected plate lettering |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'HM' at lower centre on the verso, possibly by H. Mansfield or C.L. Freer; 'Grays Inn Place / W285' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2970204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.