216The Little LagoonFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.180 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 345 x 265 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 153 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian wove |
| Note on the paper: | This is the same paper used for proofs of Little Venice and Nocturne in the FGA collection |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Faint traces of tone near the upper and lower plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | Acid droplets at the upper left corner; distinct curving 'wiping' scratches on the water below the large gondola and less prominent curved scratches on the sky. |
| Print note: | This is an underinked impression with many lines printing faintly, with a broken effect |
| 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: | 'trial pf. Whistler' at lower left on the verso; 'Wedmore 152' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1860205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.