387Railway-Station, VovesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: FSC-GR-697 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 34087). Estate of George Hammond, Southern California; Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA, 2002; purchased in 2002 by the Freer Gallery of Art. |
| Paper size: | 133 x 219 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 130 x 219 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | top of Strasbourg Lily |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | buff effect of tone at bottom edge |
| Note on foul biting: | a patch at lower left corner and scattered flecks; with a prominent horizontal scratch between the windmill and the signal post; several other much fainter horizontal and diagonal scratches |
| Print note: | The butterfly signature is the only drypoint |
| 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: | 'Voves. Touraine / Railway' at lower left on the verso (all written, including the diagonal line, on one line) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 71-80 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 34087' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3710203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.