366The Little HatFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.122 State: 1/1 | ![]() |
Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Provenance: | Bought from Whistler by the Fine Art Society, London, 27 March 1889. Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, by 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 99 x 66 mm |
Plate mark size: | 99 x 66 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
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' the tips of the lower corners are trimmed off |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Pale overall tone, wiped clean over the face, hat and area to the right of them; with distinct horizontal wiping marks |
Note on foul biting: | Along the right side of the sitter's hair and jaw |
Print note: | A worn or lightly inked impression, very pale |
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: | '18' , possibly by Whistler, at lower left on the verso. |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | tab 13-22 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: | 'W306 / Little Hat. Undescribed' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K3350103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.