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The Fur Cloak - Mrs Herbert

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1893.24
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., (receipt, 19 June 1893), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1892; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:215 x 119 mm  
Plate mark size:215 x 119 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:PRO PATRIA / MVD (Chicago watermark 260)  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with considerable tone but wiped clean over the figure's face and torso; two bands of picking on the lower half of the image  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Kennedy's first and second states may be the same; see note under State descr.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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 23-32 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:'W221' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3320102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.