253The SeamstressFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1909.116 State: 2/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Sir John Day. Bought from Obach & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1909; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 99 x 66 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 99 x 66 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | many paper inclusions visible in the image |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, slightly lighter at upper right |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | Drypoint is added in the second state; the FGA catalogued this as first state. |
| 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 15-25 mm from left, height 4 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JCD' blindstamp (Sir John Day, Lugt 526); |
| Dealers' stock nos: | illegible, at upper right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W206 Obach + Co 1909' across the bottom on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2520103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.