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Tatting

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.344
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance: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:269 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 73 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid paper, removed from a book.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:With light plate tone, strongest near plate corners and edges.  
Note on foul biting:many small acid droplets; a larger patch of foul biting at the upper right corner.  
Print note:  

 

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:handwriting matches inscription on 1889.21 K110  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:Partial old ink inscription in brown ink along the bottom edge recto; 'W98' at the lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'S.H. Erased March 14, 1924.' (on margin originally according to FGA folder sheet; 'W 99' written by Freer, erased.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1120103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.