35C. L. Drouet, SculptorFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.27 State: Cb+/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, December 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 244 x 166 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 153 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | much debris - even distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with very faint plate tone near plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and larger patch, resembling a fingerprint, near lower left corner |
| Print note: | A good, strong and dramatic impression with rich burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1859.' and 'Whistler Maitre Eaufortier' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Drouet. Sculpteur -' |
| 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: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '92474' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W53' by C.L. Freer on verso; 'PC [illegible]' on verso (possibly collector's initials?) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0550205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.