21Gretchen at HeidelbergFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.226 State: 1/1 |
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, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 212 x 163 mm |
Plate mark size: | 207 x 159 mm |
Note on size: | very small margins |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'modern' (post 1800) laid; little debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | FENEROL . SERINDAT |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Light even tone, more at the bottom of the sheet mfm; |
Note on foul biting: | Foul biting at the edges, looking dirty, and particularly at the bottom; texture on the table at right, and in the bottom left corner mfm; scattered, most noticeable near top, bottom and right plate edges--including acid drops at lower left and center mh |
Print note: | A very good impression. Whistler used very regular shading and cross-hatching- a variety of shading to differentiate the different areas. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
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 previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.29. |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W12' on verso by C. L. Freer; 'W12 Probably Whistlers rd[(underscored] etching.' on verso. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0200102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.