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Piccadilly

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession 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.