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The Venetian Mast

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1908.258
State: 3/12

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from E. Gottschalk by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1908; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:345 x 204 mm  
Plate mark size:335 x 163 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid ?  
Note on the paper:the paper colour is probably ivory discoloured to buff; it is difficult to be certain that it is Asian laid as it is heavily soiled and foxed  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with uneven tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:This appears to be the impression of the third state illustrated by Kennedy  

 

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: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:'Whistler' in lower right margin.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1950302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.