40Greenwich PensionerFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1893.35 State: C/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Purchased from Knoedler & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 245 x 326 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 98 x 134 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), vertical chain lines, little debris, even distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: Fleur de lys in a shield, 'WGL' (in cursive) above |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Greenwich - 1859' |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Have' written by Freer on recto; 'W 32 93.35 W32 K34 Gr34 M33 Greenwich Pensioner. 1859 Etching' in unidentified writing on recto; unidentified writing, erased, under '93.35'. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0340301 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.