256PiccadillyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1902.104 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 34391). Samuda Collection. Bought from Obach & Co., (Obach receipt, 30 May 1902), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 111 x 69 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 110 x 69 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone graduated to light tone at bottom, with distinct wiping marks curving across the foreground |
| Note on foul biting: | no |
| Print note: | There is a tiny spot of corrosion or damage to the edge of the plate at upper right. |
| 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 14-23 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 34391' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W208' and 'Fragment of Piccadilly' at lower left and lower centre on the verso, respectively, by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2560102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.