7AnnieFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.230 State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., (receipt, 20 November 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 134 x 93 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 118 x 80 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan backed with Japan, laid |
| Note on the paper: | Eastern paper: gasenshi; much debris - even distribution; backed with another sheet of Japanese paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | To the left and right of the figure's head and torso; at the lower left corner and the lower center near the plate edge. |
| Print note: | Slight mottled effect and scraping around the figure. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'JW'; 'Whistler' |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | M. Smith records the existence of an inscription on the original mount, "Trial. Before the signature was changed from the right to the left and before the shadow below the skirt was removed." |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Before the signature was changed from the right to the left, and before the shadow below the skirt ws removed', and ' 1st state'' ('st' [underscored] ) and 'W15' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0100202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.