481Mme Pelletier, Blanchisserie, ParisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.16 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co. ( receipt, 6 February 1904), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 180 x 149 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 180 x 149 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 removed from a book, with ruled lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | PRO PATRIA (partial, the top half) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone at the edges |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots and flecks |
| Print note: | A very good impression with soft drypoint lines, patches of shading; the expressions on the women and girl's faces are very pleasant; a small child's face peeps out above the flowers. There is no drypoint although there is the remnant of a standing figure to the left of the doorway, whichhas not been etched- is it just the scratches made by the needle- and does that count as drypoint? |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'BLANCHISSERIE / Mme PELLETIER' and possibly '12' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | An unusual shaded butterfly- like those in the 'Baronet and Butterfly' 1896/1898 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Blanchisserie - undescribed' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4380102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.