28Auguste Delâtre, PrinterFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.242 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: | 161 x 112 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 82 x 56 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1880); much debris - uneven distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | faint traces of plate tone near plate edges, particularly at bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | faint scattered spots at lower right and at top centre |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J. Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Homage / à Mme Delatre.' |
| 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 previously existing inscriptions: "A Monsieur Seymour Haden Souvenir de son tres reconnaissant Aug. Delatre., Londres, 1889" in graphite on etchings margin by August Delatre; and "S.H." in graphite on mount. Both were erased 1924.03.29. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W21' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0260102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.