86The ForgeFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1894.23 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York (receipt 21 August 1894), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, September 1894; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 216 x 325 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 193 x 316 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: ganpi; little debris - even distribution; 36 mm between chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, wiped clean for the light of the furnace; slight flecking, texture overall mfm; printed with plate tone, wiped clean on forge and selectively on fronts of figures in front of it mh |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good straight forward impression, with burr. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' ( 't' not crossed) |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W63' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'wx.' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0680304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.