242Regent's QuadrantFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.303 State: 7/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 164 x 120 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 160 x 119 mm |
| Note on size: | tips of lower corners nipped off |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper and printing appear to be the same as FGA 1905.196 |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching [and drypoint] |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with light plate tone at left and bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | Flecks throughout; small patches of regular tone at centre and centre right (appear to have texture of paper) |
| Print note: | There may be drypoint shading on and to the right of the hansom at left, and on the pillar/pier in the background? |
| 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 33-44 mm from left, height 5 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'ESM' (in script) at lower right on the verso (price code or collector's initials?); 'Obach + Co / Regents Quadrant' at lower left on the verso; 'W192' at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2390302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.