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St James's Park

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1902.126
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:68 x 100 mm  
Plate mark size:66 x 99 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book (ledger), with a ruled ink line on the verso  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very pale overall tone, slightly darker at the corners and left plate edge  
Note on foul biting:a few scattered flecks  
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:no  
Note on the tab:tab 19-28 mm from left, height 4 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'N.qs' (in script) at lower right on the verso; 'W.207 Sketch in St James Park' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2550103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.