34Bibi ValentinFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.251 State: 2/2 |  |
| 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: | 222 x 294 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 228 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan laid |
| Note on the paper: | Eastern paper: kozo; little debris - uneven distribution; M. Smith notes that it is "heavy, good quality kozo" and from same sheet as FGA 1898.280 (K36) |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Faint tone along left and right plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | Small patch to right of centre near bottom plate edge; irregular scuffs, scratches or acid marks at centre left print faintly compared to 1892.8 |
| Print note: | Accidental marks at centre left do not show in Kennedy illustration of state 2; drypoint of hand is less burry than on impression of 1892.8. |
| 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 inscriptions 'S.H.' and 'Bibi Valentin, Paris' (the latter in an unknown hand) in graphite on print's margin. They were erased 1924.3.31. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0500103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.