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Portrait of a man

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.298
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:329 x 244 mm  
Plate mark size:228 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan laid  
Note on the paper:Eastern laid: kozo; much debris - uneven distribution; 35 mm betwn chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean-wiped  
Note on foul biting:minor scattered flecks from abrasion, not acid  
Print note:A stong, very burry impresison.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1860.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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 1924.1.2.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W58' on verso by C.L. Freer; tiny blue dot near lower right sheet corner.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0630204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.