38The Wine GlassFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.256 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 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: | 103 x 65 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 84 x 55 mm |
| Note on size: | small margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1880); little debris - even distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'ORG' partial watermark, from FORGE |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of plate tone at top and lower right corner; inky plate mark |
| 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 slightly pale 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 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: | 'a 17403 1/2' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W31' on verso by C. L. Freer; 'ist [double underscored] state and 'I--' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0270103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.