109Draped ModelFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1892.3 State: 5/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 141), bought by Deprez & Gutekunst, £2.0.0; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1892; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 266 x 174 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 203 x 132 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical 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: | several flecks on lower drapery (pits/scratches rather than actual 'foul biting') |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blindstamp (J. H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '1377' at lower centre on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '5' at lower centre on the verso; 'a/./.' at lower centre on the verso and '5/5/' at lower right on the verso ('4/4/' erased); 'Superb impression. 1st state. See second state in Haden Collection.' (according to FGA folder sheet: C.L.F on old mount); 'W. 87' written by Freer on recto; blue dot at lower right on the verso. '5. [:] 1377 a/./ 5/51 [erased:] 4/41' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1000303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.