324The Ramparts, SandwichFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1891.10 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler to Hermann Wunderlich & Co. on 6 April 1891, £8.8.0; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1891; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 126 x 176 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 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: | partial [illegible--finial only] |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, slightly darker at the corners; areas of picking on the lower third of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | The only drypoint: touches of shading on the shoulder of the woman by the parasol; the head and leg of the leftmost seated child; the foot of (or stray lines by) the fourth seated child; the base of the shrubbery in the middleground; and the shoulder of the (adult?) seated figure to right of centre. |
| 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 39-48 mm from left, height 2 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: | 'a 20435' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W274' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'Ramparts' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3090103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.