274Exeter StreetFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.158 |
Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (Obach receipts, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 127 x 177 mm |
Plate mark size: | 127 x 177 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800) |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | very faint tone; traces of wiping marks at lower right. |
Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks across the image area. |
Print note: | This is a new state, following Kennedy's first and only state. |
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 130-139 mm from left, height 4 mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'No 4008' at lower left on the verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W287 Exeter Street' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K2800102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.