246Alderney StreetFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1900.48 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 17 August 1900), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1900; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 182 x 110 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 176 x 110 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 |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with graduated tone, from very light at top to darker at bottom; with picking at bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and tiny droplets; a biting problem at the butterfly signature and two patches of open bite below it-- the lines/ground broken down |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 20-33 mm from left; butterfly possibly not by Whistler |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C285' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Alderney St' at lower centre on the verso; 'W196' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2380103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.