470Trixie (Mrs Beatrice Whistler)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.169 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Miss Rosalind Birnie-Philip by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 88 x 53 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 86 x 53 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: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light overall tone, wiped cleaner over the figure. |
| Note on foul biting: | Two small spots (corrosion?) at left and some tiny scratches. |
| Print note: | The drypoint prints with some dots of burr where lines cross. |
| 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: | 'No 4.' on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 32-41 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'RBP' (underlined) 'Mrs W / Not in / Wedmore' at bottom on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4410102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.