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The Little Velvet Dress

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1893.50
State: C/3

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Bought from Knoedler & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:324 x 245 mm  
Plate mark size:164 x 120 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, little debris, horizontal chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Fleur de lys with WGL (in cursive) below  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on 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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Have' written by Freer on recto; 'W 92 93.50 W92 K106 Gr96 M106 The little velvet dress 1873 Rare dry point' in unidentified writing on recto; 'Not in K' erased.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1060302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.