432Children, AmboiseFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.211 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from H. Wunderlich & Co., (receipt, 10 November 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 80 x 147 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 80 x 147 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 probably removed from a book, with discolouration along the top sheet edge |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very pale overall tone, slightly heavier at right; wide even bands along the left and right edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks |
| Print note: | The wide even bands of plate tone are also found on FGA's impressions of K374 and K377, although they are near the top and bottom edges on those prints |
| 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 114-125 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '#188' at lower left on the verso and 'Doorway. Touraine' at lower centre on the verso, both . Inscribed 'W329' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3810102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.