101Speke Hall: The AvenueFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.332 State: 3/14 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., (receipt 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 302-3 x 192-3 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 225 x 150 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid paper, removed from a book. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | IV countermark |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks in the white areas |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1870 -' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Speke Hall.' |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '2128' lower right verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Old [Dutch?] inscriptions in brown ink on recto and verso; 'W86 - Speke Hall - 1st state, trial proof' by C.L. Freer on lower left verso; 'G or J.S.', in script on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0960203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.