459Cameo, No. 1 (Mother and Child)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.108 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from James McNeil Whistler, (6 June 1891), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI (listed 1906); bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 175 x 127 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 175 x 127 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: | partial top of watermark--possibly Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks over and around the etched area |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly at lower left on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Selected for Charles L Freer.' at lower left verso by Whistler; '16.' at lower right verso (possibly by Whistler) |
| 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: | 'Cameo No 1 (the o superscript and underlined) / (W224)' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3470103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.