187The Little PutneyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.110 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Dr W. B. Wood, Tannersville, NY. Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 221 x 292 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 125 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, fairly even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks on the sky and water |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'The Little, Putney' |
| 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: | Stamp in violet: 'DOCTOR WM. B. WOOD, / ONTEORA CLUB / TANNERSVILLE / 'YAMAGA.' N.Y.' (small caps); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '9543. / Ro' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W226' at left centre on the verso written by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1800303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.