202The BalconyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.190 State: 5/19 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 295 x 200 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 295 x 200 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | light tone on the upper portion of the plate, with heavier tone on the water at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | vise mark at lower centre; a series of right-left diagonal acid droplets at upper right and other droplets at top plate edge; regular foul biting above the doorway |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: | tab 42-57 mm from left, height 8 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '10a' encircled at upper left on verso; 'Trial proof by Whistler' at lower right on the verso; and 'Wedmore 177'; 'Superb' and 'W177 Before additional work on steps / T. Way June/05' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2070502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.