282The Steps, Gray's InnFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1888.17 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 30 July 1888), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1888; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 65 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 65 x 176 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: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | considerable tone at left and traces along the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | small faint patch at the upper left corner and scattered flecks |
| Print note: | There is a faint trace of a second butterfly signature in the plate, 26 mm below the more prominent butterfly |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly (twice, the second one quite faint) |
| 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 40-49 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'No 18' (the o superscript) at lower right on the verso (not by Whistler; inscribed 'W283 'Steps Grays Inn First impression' ' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2950102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.