154Little SmithfieldFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1901.19 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. through T. W. Dewing (receipt 13 March 1901) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1901; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 139 x 98 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 134 x 98 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With tone over the lower quarter of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks, especially at the top and right of the plate |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 22-35 mm from left, 5 mm height; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HM' stamp (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 34675' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Lot 58' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1600102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.