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The Desk

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1893.19
State: 3/5

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Max Wiliams & Co. receipts 1, 8, 25 May 1893, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:325 x 207 mm  
Plate mark size:212 x 136 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'SH' or 'HS' countermark ( Chicago watermark 178?)  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:With graduated tone on the the lower portion of the plate, wiped cleaner at the lower right corner.  
Note on foul biting:  
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:butterfly 'imp.'  
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:'W104' at the lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; '175.00' (the 00 raised and underlined) at the lower right on the recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1330302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.