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Gray's Inn Place

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1906.121
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:125 x 175 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 175 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:not certain is this is wove or Asian laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of tone at the plate corners  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks across the central image, with darker foul biting near the left and bottom edges  
Print note:Rich dark brown impression; there are faint traces of figures to lower left of centre  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'GRAY'S INN PLACE'  
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:'Specially chosen. / 1st. State' (the st superscript) at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 27-37 mm from left, height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:Note corrected plate lettering  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'HM' at lower centre on the verso, possibly by H. Mansfield or C.L. Freer; 'Grays Inn Place / W285' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2970204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.