421Gateway, Chartreuse, near LochesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.167 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 Messrs Dowdeswell on 10 December 1888. Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 139 x 97 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 135 x 97 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale traces of tone near the top, bottom and left edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: | A fine impression. |
| 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: | 'Gateway - Chartreux. 1st proof' / butterfly ( the 'st' superscript and underlined) at lower right on the verso; '(No 6)' ( the 'o' superscript) at lower left on the verso (probably by Whistler). |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 69-78 mm from left, height 4 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'CZ' (?) stylized device at upper right on the verso (this may be a version of Walter Dowdeswell's mark; see Lugt 799) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3960102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.