452The Steps, AmsterdamFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.112 State: 4/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Purchased from J. McN. Whistler, 4 March 1890 by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 243 x 165 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 241 x 164 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint? |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with very light tone on the water in the foreground and traces of tone at the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | patches the lower corners and along the bottom plate edge |
| Print note: | This may be the impression illustrated by Kennedy for his state three; check K4030301 |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '148' above central doorway |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Selected pro[of] / Chs. L. Freer.' on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 29-40 mm from left, height 2 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: | 'W260' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4030303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.