41Greenwich ParkFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.261 State: 3/3 |  |
| 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: | 133 x 210 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 128 x 204 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | much debris - even distribution, chine colle. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | Considerably more than on 1898.260 (state 1), particularly on foreground and among center and right tree trunks and foliage and along plate edge at upper right; heavier patches at upper left, lower left and lower right corners remain. |
| Print note: | Wear evident in dark shading on back of standing figure at right; Kennedy illustration for State 2 does not clearly show extent of new work and foul biting. A slightly slipped impression, noticeable in lower portion of image. |
| 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 inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching's mount. It was erased 1924.3.29. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W 33 2nd [underscored] State' on [recto?] by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0350203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.