7AnnieFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1888.38 State: 6/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 5 June 1888), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 23 x 163 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 117 x 78 mm |
| Note on size: | page removed from a book |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid; much debris - uneven distribution, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some light plate tone, most notably near the plate corners and the edges and beneath the figure |
| Note on foul biting: | to left and right of the figure's head and torso; on the shaded area to the left of the skirt and around the plate signature and the printer's address; larger more distinct flecks to the left, right and below the figure |
| Print note: | Larger spots of foul biting appear in K's fifth state and appear to be result of corrosion? |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' (crossed 'l' instead of 't') |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Annie' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.' |
| 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 previous existence of the inscription "S.H." in graphite in the recto of the etching and also in its margin. They were erased 1924.03.29. |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W15' lower centre on recto; 'W15 - 1st [underscored] State' on verso by C. L. Freer; 'Annie' lower center on verso; 'I' lower right on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0100505 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.