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Riva, No. 2

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.397
State: 1/1

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:208 x 303 mm  
Plate mark size:208 x 303 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:pale tone at the centre and darker tone near the sheet edges and at lower left  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks and several more regular patches (from paper or fabric?)  
Print note:The ink is a somewhat reddish brown; this is the latest of the three impressions of Kennedy's first state at the FGA (see State descr.)  

 

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 75-92 mm from left, height 7 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'SH' in graphite at lower centre on the verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others: 'W175 The Riva No 2' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2060103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.