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Sketching

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.316
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, (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:125 x 170 mm  
Plate mark size:120 x 165 mm  
Note on size:very narrow margins  
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:  
Note on foul biting:considerable foul biting on lower half of plate, over grasses, right riverbank and water next to it, and sketching figure  
Print note:fine, regular quality of most foul biting may be the result of acid brushed on plate  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' (the 't' uncrossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
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 previously existing inscription 'S.H.' in graphite on print's margin. It was erased 1924.02.12.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W69. / Sketching / 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:K0860203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.