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Long Lagoon

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1887.10

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1887; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:153 x 228 mm  
Plate mark size:153 x 228 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:Strasbourg Lily/LVG (Chicago watermark 289)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with light plate tone over the water and distinct horizontal and diagonal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:a few tiny flecks at upper right; the scratches visible on FGA 1905.5 have been removed  
Print note:New State Ia with scratches removed (if cleaning constitutes a state); 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 45- 63 mm from left, height 7 mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2030104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.