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Long Lagoon

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1905.5
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Obach & Co., (receipts 10 January and 23 February 1905), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:152 x 227 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Hunting horn in shield (Chicago watermark 182)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with some tone at the top corners, darker tone at bottom and the central portion of the plate wiped cleaner  
Note on foul biting:small scratches on the sky and water; longer scratches at centre and upper right  
Print note:pure etching  

 

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 55-75 mm from left, height 8 mm; butterfly of 1885/1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W169 Long Lagoon. Obach + Co. Jan. 1905 £50 Before the plate was cleaned' along the lower sheet edge on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2030103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.