9Seymour Haden, Jr, SeatedFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.243 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York (receipt, 9 November 1898), through T. W. Dewing acting as agent for Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 174 x 127 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 136 x 97 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: 'P BARRY' (the 'P' looks like a bird foot) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | very light residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There are some vertical zig-zag cleaning/burnishing marks at right. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | 'S.H. Erased March 29th, 1924.' note on margin |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Seymour Haden, Jr.' ('Note on old mount' according to FGA folder sheet); 'W 22' written by Freer on verso; '98.243' Veritype inscription on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0290103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.