254The Bonnet-ShopFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1891.5 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (stock no. a 19711; receipts, 5 and 16 May 1891), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1891; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 99 x 67 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 99 x 67 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: | light tone along the left side and at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable foul biting scattered across the etched area |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'CHEAP BOOTS' with 'S' reversed, on signboard |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof' (the 'st' superscript) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 17-25 mm from left, height 2 mm; butterfly of 1888/1890 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 19711' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'G339' and 'Bonnet Shop' at lower left and lower centre recto by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2530102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.