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297

Bird-Cages, Chelsea

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.30
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:150 x 225 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 225 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 and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Very light overall tone, slightly grainy.  
Note on foul biting:Scattered flecks; vise mark at lower right corner.  
Print note:A good, restrained impression; this is the impression illustrated by Kennedy.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'W. JONES' on board above shop at right, and number '2' on window below; 'AMBER' on newspaper advertising board.  
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 62-71 mm from left, height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:title at lower centre on the verso; 'c291 (underlined) / ix-' at lower left on verso; 'W297' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2760103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.