108SwinburneFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.256 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (receipts, 9 December 1903 and 6 January 1904), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 350 x 223 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 276 x 186 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | beehive with DEDB |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with tone at the upper left and on the central portion of the plate; with an inky plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The watermark is visible in the plate tone below the figure's shoulders. |
| 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 |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Swinburne.' in the lower right margin on the recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note possible date that the impression was pulled (Oct 29). The pencil butterfly is ca 1886. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '(Oct 20)' or '29' at lower right on the recto; blue dot at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1360202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.