32Annie, SeatedFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.246 State: 2/3 |  |
| 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: | 323 x 209 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 129 x 96 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | pale green |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1880); little debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | FORGE |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | faint traces of plate tone near top, left and bottom plate marks |
| Note on foul biting: | mostly near four plate corners |
| Print note: | drypoint additions to shading at left and below figure, to figure's foot and the plate signature' "Annie" ' |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Annie.' |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'S.H.' (once on print, according to FGA folder sheet); 'The first proof taken from the plate in its second st. a burr on shoe and in background. S.H.' ('Erased March 29th, 1924' according to note on margin); 'W 24 2nd State' written by Freer on verso; unidentified illegible erased writing, bottom left, recto; '98.246' Veritype inscription on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0300203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.