321The Cock and the PumpFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.59 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 221 x 142 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 221 x 142 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet is removed from a book; with sew holes along the left sheet edge (within the platemark) |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | LR countermark |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone at centre, darker at top, bottom and sides |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; two long, almost vertical scratches near the left edge |
| Print note: | The only drypoint appears to be the faint parallel, slight left-right diagonal shading on the ground to the right of the figures in the foreground |
| 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 88-98 mm from left, height 3mm |
| 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: | 'W235' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'The Cock and Pump-' at lower centre on the verso; 'NHxv' (the xv superscript and underlined) at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3040103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.