116The Letter (Maud, seated)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1893.28 State: 3/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Max Williams & Co. (receipt 4 October 1893), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, , receipt 9 October 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 220 x 168 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 139 x 101 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, much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | top edge of letters (probably De Erven Dk Blauw) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | faint traces of tone at the upper left; an inky plate mark at right and an inky fingerprint in the lower left corner of the image |
| Note on foul biting: | small patch of corrosion at the upper right of the plate butterfly signature |
| 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: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W100' at the lower centre on the recto by C.L. Freer; blue dot at the lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1150203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.