108SwinburneFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.226 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 21 July 1906), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 320 x 196 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 275 x 184 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid paper, removed from a book. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'IV ' countermark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with pale tone on the upper portion of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Presumably the impression of the first state illustrated in Kennedy. |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '[Greek word] ppe legatos roducit prion addel s:21.2' old Greek inscription in brown ink on the verso; one line of old Dutch writing verso; 'Swinburne - Obach - Aug./06.' and 'It was, no doubt, thought to be a portrait of Swinburne at the time of its purchase' on the margin (erased 2 January 1924, according to FGA folder sheet); blue dot at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1360102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.