17The MiserFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.311 State: 7/7 |  |
| 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 166 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 118 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): | Japan laid |
| Note on the paper: | Eastern laid: kozo; much debris - even distribution; 27-28 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: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Very soft lines on the wall, more like soft ground etching; a very delicate impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler-' |
| 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: | Traces of black ink, probably offsetting from another print, mid proper left, verso. Freer wrote in pencil, verso: W 65 Proof with Whistlers signature. Haden wrote in pencil, verso: SH. Freer's seal in red ink, verso. M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: F1898.311 K69 |
| Collector's mark: | 'SH' in graphite pencil on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W65 Proof with Whistler's signature' on verso by C.L. Freer; tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0690502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.