370The Little CloakFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.150 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Cox Collection. Bought from Obach & Co., London (receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 82 x 50 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 82 x 50 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: | medium buff overall tone, somewhat lighter at right; with distinct curving and vertical wiping marks. |
| Note on foul biting: | Considerable; granular tone over the figure; patches of foul biting at upper right and at lower right of centre; a vise mark at the lower right corner. |
| Print note: | There is no butterfly signature in the plate; the signature on Kennedy's illustration is graphite or ink. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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 36-45 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: | ' 'The Cloak' / 'The Mantle' G340' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'e/e/' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3360102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.