82The PuntFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.315 State: 3/6 |  |
| 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: | 123 x 166 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 118 x 162 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | even distribution, much debris |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some light plate tone near left inky plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | patches near left plate edge, lower left corner and on and around punt |
| Print note: | foul biting appears to have been burnished from water to left of punt and, possibly, above and to right of it; regular quality of foul biting may be result of acid brushed on plate |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '186l' with faint '1861.' beneath it |
| 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 1924.02.12. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'the Punt / W68 / Early proof' 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: | K0850202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.