375The FanFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1896.50 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Dr James M. Hart, (receipt, 1 October 1896), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1896; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 134 x 97 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 134 x 97 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 PRO PATRIA (Chicago watermarks 249 and 250) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the edges |
| Note on foul biting: | a small patch of foul biting at the lower left corner; several slight right-left diagonal scratches at lower center, by the model's feet |
| Print note: | The fine work at the figure's left breast appears to be lightly etched or partly scraped out etching rather than drypoint |
| 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: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof' (the st underlined and superscript) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 65-76 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: | 'G338 at lower left on the verso and 'Model No 31' at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3450102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.