247Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.164 State: 1/6 |  |
| 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: | 142 x 83 mm |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Other size: | 142 x 82 mm |
| Note on size: | This is trimmed inside the platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks, heavier around the iris |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' in image at lower left |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'e/e/-' (upside down) at lower left on the verso; 'W310 at centre left on the verso and 'Swan + Iris' at lower right on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2410102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.