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Agnes

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1892.9
State: 2/3

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 154), bought by Frederick Keppel & Co., £5.15.0; sold to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 15 April 1892 (Keppel receipt); bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:358 x 215 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:beehive  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Faint traces the plate edges  
Note on foul biting:Many tiny pits and scratches  
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:  
Collector's mark:'JHH' blindstamp (J. H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt); Freer's stamp without colour, below image  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:Unidentified illegible writing, erased and mostly cut off, bottom edge, recto; graphite lines mark position of proper left side of picture on back mat; 'AGNES' Veritype inscription in brown ink on mat below picture.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1340103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.