269Little Steps, ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1902.129 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson, London (ca 1829 - d. 1891). 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: | 50 x 82 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 51 x 82 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: | pale overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 57-61 mm from left, height 2 mm; butterfly of 1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Print was attached on all edges to a sheet of wove paper measuring 193 x 265 mm, .24 mm thick. Veritype inscription in pen with title 'THE STEPS - MILMAN ROW.' [sic] is written on the sheet, underneath the etching. The wove sheet was attached to a back mat on the area around the print. M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso of print: F1902.129 K. 262 |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blindstamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '9573' at uppr right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W213' at lower left on the recto of the mount sheet by C.L. Freer; 'W 213 extremely rare' erased note by Freer on support sheet under print. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2620202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.