278Furniture ShopFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1902.127 State: 1/2 |  |
| 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: | 95 x 162 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 95 x 162 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: | partial finial with cross and orb (possibly VRYHEYT?) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall with a darker patch at the lower left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | small scratches at top and a prominent speckled patch of foul biting between the awnings, textured overall |
| Print note: | This is a new state, earlier than Kennedy's first and only state. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'BECCING' (? BEDDING?) on the wall below the left awning |
| 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 117-131 mm from left, height 4mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'C.gs.' (?) at lower right on the verso; 'W.216 / F.K+Co. London' at lower left on the verso and 'Furniture Shop. Before plate was cleaned' at lower centre on the recto, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2660102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.