44Whistler with a hatFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.289 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: | 332 x 225 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 149 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | very thin paper, the platemark looking flattened mfm; sheet removed from book; 'modern' laid Ipost 1800); much debris - uneven distribution mh |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with light plate tone on shading to right of head and shoulder |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Very rich burr, good impresion. |
| 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: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'S' (?) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Pencil signature and 'S'? Beneath it are very faint and appear to have been erased M. Smith notes previously existing inscription 'S.H.' in graphite on print's margin. It was erased 1925.6.15. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W52 - 2nd State' on verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0540203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.