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From Agnes Sorel's Walk, Loches

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1889.19
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:139 x 267 mm  
Plate mark size:134 x 267 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book, with discolouration along the top and left sheet edges  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very pale overall tone  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:There are faint remnants of earlier work at left  

 

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 right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st State-' (the 'st' superscript with a dot under it) at lower right on the verso, by Whistler; '(1-)' at lower left on the verso, probably by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 36-48 mm from left, height 5 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1890  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'G380' at lower left on the verso and 'From the walk of Agnes Sorel. [sic]' at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3850102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.