29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1901.167 State: 4/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, (receipt, 10 December 1901), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, December 1901; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 322 x 212 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 153 x 89 mm |
| Note on size: | wide margin |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid; little debris - even distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | FORGE |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | minor including vise marks, mostly near bottom plate edge, at upper right corner and very faint around plate signature. |
| Print note: | drypoint lines less burry than in Freer's impression of third state (1898.234); new, faint drypoint shading added to left doorframe and rags hanging there and in foreground in front of step; possible scraping/burnishing to strenghten effect of two vertical lines indicating paving stone running from edge of step to center of interior. |
| 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 existencence of inscription "C.L. Freer" in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.29. Remnant of another erased inscription "31 Rag Shop / 1st state" in graphite on recto. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'A 37354' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W17 The Rag Gatherers, 1st [underscored] State' on recto by C. L. Freer; 'Lot 164' on recto; 'FNO [script capitals] xv [script lower case, underscored]' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0230402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.