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Finette

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.292
State: 2/14

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:371 x 251 mm  
Plate mark size:289 x 201 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:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:There is some pencil work on her left hand.  
Print tone:very light tone, mainly on the right mfm; printed with considerable plate tone to right of and below figure, with fingerprints visible near top, right and bottom plate edges  
Note on foul biting:marks that appear to be acid droplets at upper right  
Print note:A fine impression, with very rich black lines from the fresh burr and possibly, some retroussage. The line has almost a soft charcoal quality. The face appears a little flattened.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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 notes previously existing inscription 'S.H.' in graphite on print's margin. It was erased 1923.12.29.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W54 Trial 2' on verso by C.L. Freer; tiny blue dot near lower right sheet corner.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0580104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.