144The PianoFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.354 State: 5/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), London; auction, Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1876; Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 321 x 210 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 234 x 158 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | This is probably the same paper as FGA 1904.58 |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | drypoint and open bite |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | Acid droplets among the vertical drypoint lines above and to the left of the head; small pits and scratches at lower right. |
| Print note: | Note the tonal work as per the 'Print Note' on FGA 1904.58; also note the very fine vertical shading on the butterfly signature in the plate. |
| 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: | '8' in brown ink in the lower left margin |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note that FGA 1904.58 is numbered '4' in brown ink as well as date of acquisition by Haden (June 30, 1876). |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. Haden' in graphite pencil at lower left on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '3' at lower centre on the verso; 'Rose Sale. June 30..1876.' at lower left of the verso by Haden; 'W117' at the lower left on the recto (by CLF?) and 'W117' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; blue dot at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1410402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.