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The Wine Glass

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1905.335
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:193 x 111 mm  
Plate mark size:82 x 57 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid (pre 1880); much debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:New foul biting along left plate edge beside and below bowl of glass in addition to patches along top plate edge (somewhat obscured by etched shading) and near lower plate edge at corners and in centre.  
Print note:Thinner 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:  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'A 1122 (circled) 220' in unidentified writing on recto; '05.335' Veritype inscription on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0270203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.