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The Pierrot

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1906.116
State: 6/8

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Probably purchased from J. McN. Whistler. Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, by 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:233 x 162 mm  
Plate mark size:230 x 161 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint?  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of tone near the plate edges  
Note on foul biting:tiny flecks throughout, with larger patches on the water and along the plate edges  
Print note:Fine foul biting or tone over the boy's face?  

 

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:'5. Feb. 23-' at lower left on the verso and 'Selected for / Chs. L. Freer' at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 37-47 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:'W64' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K4070402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.