450The PierrotFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.116 State: 6/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably purchased from J. McN. Whistler. Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, by 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 233 x 162 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 230 x 161 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint? |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | tiny flecks throughout, with larger patches on the water and along the plate edges |
| Print note: | Fine foul biting or tone over the boy's face? |
| 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: | '5. Feb. 23-' at lower left on the verso and 'Selected for / Chs. L. Freer' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 37-47 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: | 'W64' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4070402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.