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Justice Walk, Chelsea

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1889.6
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 27 May 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:165 x 242 mm  
Plate mark size:165 x 242 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:possible illegible watermark  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone at centre with darker tone near the corners and plate edges  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'C.W.BRETT / GARDINER' on signboard  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly with inscription at lower right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'No 5.' (the 'o' superscript) at lower left on the verso and 'Chosen Proof' butterfly at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 39-48 mm from left, height 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The signboard appears to include 'GARDINER' not "GARDENER' as entered earlier  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'H [W]' (illegible) at upper right on the verso; 'Justice Walk / HW + C' at lower left on the verso and 'W296' at lower right on the verso, both by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2750203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.