299Petticoat LaneFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.305 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. (receipt, 20 March 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 93 x 133 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 93 x 133 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 [illegible] |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With tone at the bottom and lighter tone at left. |
| Note on foul biting: | A small patch at upper left; without the scratch at left (visible on FGA 1904.164) |
| Print note: | New state; the same state as FGA 1904.164 but a later impression, showing wear on the shading in the doorway and with the scratch at left worn away or removed. |
| 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 2-12 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 15169.' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Lot 116' at lower right on the verso (possibly by C.L. Freer). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2850104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.