17The MiserFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.310 State: 4/7 |  |
| 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, (Wunderlich 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: | 123 x 164 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 119 x 159 mm |
| Note on size: | very narrow margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800); much debris - even distribution; 28 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: | printed with some plate tone on wall at far right |
| Note on foul biting: | new, scattered flecks throughout image, the result of abrasion, not acid |
| Print note: | strong burr |
| 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 previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on old mount (now lost). It was erased 1924.01.02. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1st state Before Signature- Haden collection' on verso by C.L. Freer; verso, in various hands, '1st state / Before signature - / Haden collection'; tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0690302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.