148A Lady at a WindowFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.258 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London; 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: | 310 x 247 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 231 x 158 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The lower margin is irregular, with a torn sheet edge |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Selectively wiped at upper centre and across the figure's skirt and on the walls to either side of it. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Is this the impression used by Kennedy to illustrate the third state? Note the similarity of the setting to that of 'Finette'. |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W111 Reading at a window / 2nd State' at lower left on the recto by C.L. Freer; 'W111' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; '149' at centre on the verso; blue dot at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1380302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.