366The Little HatFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.122 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Whistler by the Fine Art Society, London, 27 March 1889. Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, by 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 99 x 66 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 99 x 66 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book, with discolouration along the top sheet edge' the tips of the lower corners are trimmed off |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Pale overall tone, wiped clean over the face, hat and area to the right of them; with distinct horizontal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | Along the right side of the sitter's hair and jaw |
| Print note: | A worn or lightly inked impression, very pale |
| 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: | '18' , possibly by Whistler, at lower left on the verso. |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 13-22 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: | 'W306 / Little Hat. Undescribed' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3350103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.