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138

Sketches of Heads

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.408
State: 1/1

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:215 x 336 mm  
Plate mark size:153 x 228 mm  
Note on size:The sheet was removed from a book; with stitching holes along lower sheet edge  
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, horizontal chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall grey plate tone, mottled in appearance (see Print Note)  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The mottled effect could have been caused by a problem with the consistency of the ink and its separation?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt); Haden  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Supp 360' at lower center on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1040102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.