38The Wine GlassFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.257 State: 1/2 |
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 H. 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: | 139 x 95 mm |
Plate mark size: | 84 x 55 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800); little debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Lion holding sword and shield with chevron in oval surmounted by crown |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | no |
Note on foul biting: | Patches along top plate edge (somewhat obscured by etched shading) and near lower plate edge at corners and in centre. |
Print note: | A good impression. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | '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 previously existing inbscription "S.h.: in graohite on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.03.29. |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W31- 1st [underscored] State' on verso by C. L. Freer |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0270102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.