166Price's Candle FactoryFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1891.14 State: 1/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1891; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 210 x 310 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 226 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | see the note about the pattern created by the paper's surface fibres under 'Condition' |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This impression conforms to Kennedy's description of the first state but was printed earlier than the impression used for his first state illustration |
| 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 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st State -' (the 'st' superscript) at lower left to the right of the butterfly signature |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | a tiny, later butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W124' at lower centre verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1540105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.