93WearyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.164 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, June 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 276 x 195 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 198 x 130 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan laid |
| Note on the paper: | Even distribution, little debris, ganpi, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Some faint tone near both upper and lower left plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | Two faint corrosion marks and series of l-r diagonal scratches above it are barely visible |
| Print note: | A more light impression. Spot of foul biting present in 1898.329 (between Kennedy states I and II) is not present or uninked) in this impression of state II |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' (the 't' uncrossed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '63.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly and 'imp' (with horizontal line through 'imp') at lower right, below platemark |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | ' "Weary" ' at lower centre (very faint, mostly erased) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | M. Smith notes previously existing inscription in C.L. Freer's hand, 'Weary' in graphite on print's margin. |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt), very faint at lower left on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0920203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.