61FinetteFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.293 State: 4/14 |  |
| 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: | 376 x 256 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 290 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: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | some foul biting at top right mfm; marks that appear to be acid droplets at upper right mh |
| Print note: | Fine, richly inked impression, the drypoint burr a little dotty and uneven |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Finette' (faintly) and '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 notes previously existing inscriptions 'S.H.' and 'S. Haden' in graphite on print's margin. It was erased 1924.3.31. |
| Collector's mark: | 'S Haden' in graphite pencil on verso (F.S. Haden ,see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W54 Proof before the scroll work in the window' on verso by C. L. Freer; tiny blue dot near lower right sheet corner. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0580302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.