69Riault (The Wood Engraver)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.306 State: 2/4 |  |
| 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), through T. W. Dewing, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 141 x 110 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 140 x 109 mm |
| Note on size: | trimmed at top and well within plate mark on sides and bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800); little debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: [HAL]LINES |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with very light plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | three flecks from abrasion, not acid |
| Print note: | Very intense impression with burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' ('6' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Plate signature and inscription not visible as image is trimmed; M. Smith notes previously existing inscription '2nd state - fragment of plate' in graphite on print's mount (erased 1924.1.10) and 'The engraver - portr of M. Riault, fragment of proof' on old mat (now lost). |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0650202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.