The Piano |  Freer Gallery of Art (1904.58) | |
| Number: | 144 | |
| Date: | 1875-1877 | |
| Medium: | drypoint and open bite | |
| Size: | 236 x 160 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left (3-final) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 7 | |
| Known impressions: | 26 | |
| Catalogues: | K.141; M.139; W.117 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (26) | ||
The Piano probably dates from 1875. The butterfly signature is consistent with these dates. It was first recorded and sold in the spring of 1875. 1
The date '75' is written on an impression of the second state, but it is not certain that it was written by Whistler (
); it may have been signed in 1875 and does not necessarily prove the etching dated originally from 1875.
The date '75' is written on an impression of the second state, but it is not certain that it was written by Whistler (
); it may have been signed in 1875 and does not necessarily prove the etching dated originally from 1875. 1: Whistler to W. C. Alexander, [March/April 1875?], GUW #07573.