293Wild West: IndiansFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.290 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38207). Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 80 x 182 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 80 x 182 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book; with discolouration along the left sheet edge |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, slightly heavier at the top and side plate edges and at the bottom of the image |
| Note on foul biting: | very few scattered flecks |
| Print note: |
| 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: | '1st Proof / --' (the 'st' superscript and underlined) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 34-45 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 38207' (erased) at lower left on verso; 'D5301.T' (erased) at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The first proof from the plate / The writing on the corner is Whistler's' at lower right on the verso, possibly written by C.L. Freer; 'e/e/-' in script, erased, at lower left on the verso; 'l [or b] y0' (in script, the 0 with a slash through it) at lower right on the verso; 'FK +C / Nov/04' at lower left on the verso and 'Wild West W228' at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3140102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.