197Venetian Water CarrierFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.20 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Otto H. Bacher, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 217 x 137 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 126 mm |
| Note on size: | narrow margins at top and sides |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial bottom of shield |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | patches of tone, heavier over figure and at right, reflecting the areas were the plate was inked |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Appears to be pure drypoint; lightly inked |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'Otto' square stamp (Otto H. Bacher, Lugt 2002); |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'G206' on verso by C.L. Freer; '15' (partly cut off) in black ink on recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2320103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.