237San BiagioFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.395 State: 17/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 214 x 303 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 303 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper colour is slightly pinkish |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fairly even overall tone, somewhat darker over the lower edge of the water and at the bottom of the plate; unobtrusive mottled areas along the top of the image |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and small patches as well as granular areas at lower right and in the archway over the hanging shirts; small pale acid droplets below the window to the left of the arch |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 44-59 mm from left, height 7 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | small unshaded butterfly |
| Collector's mark: | 'SH' in graphite pencil at lower right on the recto, within the image (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'c' at lower right on the verso; 'W163 San Biagio - B Grolier Club' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'W.163' a lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1970903 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.