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C. L. Drouet, Sculptor

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.290
State: 3/2

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:314 x 230 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 153 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; much debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:faint trace of plate tone to left of head  
Note on foul biting:minimal; several scattered flecks  
Print note:Fine impression with drypoint shading printing strongly.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859.' and 'Whistler Maitre Eaufortier'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Drouet. Sculpteur -'  
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:Second plate signature and inscription appear, very faintly, at upper right: 'Whistler (the 't' uncrossed) Maitre Eaufortier' (?-- Mansfield says the inscription is 'Maitre Eauforte, but there are more letters). M. Smith notes previously existing inscription 'S.H.' in graphite on print's margin. It was erased 1924.3.31.  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) twice  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W53' on verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0550204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.