45Landscape with HorsesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.279 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: | 234 x 358 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | removed from book; 'modern' laid (post 1800); little debris - uneven distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | illeg: "Sarge Senerol" or "Farge Fenerol" in script |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Traces of plate tone near the four plate corners and edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | Light but considerable amount throughout with heavier patches over and around figure in central foreground and near upper and lower corners and top plate edge. |
| Print note: | A good clear impression; the lines are heavier and the marks of cleaning/burnishing the plate are apparent. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' |
| 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." with "A. Seymour Haden. Ph Burty" below in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.3.29. (Should this be "a Seymour Haden" indicating a gift from Burty?) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W46. 1st [underscored] State, before the sky.' on recto by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0360103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.