328Rag Shop, St Martin's LaneFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.154 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 19 July 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 82 x 183 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 82 x 183 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: | Selectively wiped, with the image area fairly clean and darker tone around it, particularly at left and along the right edge. |
| Note on foul biting: | An irregular patch at the lower left corner and scattered flecks over the image area; faint horizontal and diagonal scratches at lower right. |
| Print note: | A vivid impression, very effective and bright. |
| 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: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof -' (the 'st' superscript with a dot under it) at lower right corner on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 38-49 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: | 'RBP' at lower left on the verso (possibly Freer's handwriting); 'G315 St Martin's Lane - Rag Shop' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2820102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.