312TilburyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1888.10 State: 2/3 |
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, 1888; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 81 x 176 mm |
Plate mark size: | 81 x 176 mm |
Note on size: | . |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book; with discolouration along the top sheet edge |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | selectively wiped, with more tone over the lower third of the plate |
Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
Print note: | New state |
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 31-41 mm from left, height 3 mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W276' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer. 'AA…' (illegible) |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K3170102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.