99Amsterdam, from the TolhuisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.235 State: 6/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co.(receipt, 22 September 1906), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, October 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 136 x 211 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 133 x 209 mm |
| Note on size: | trimmed just outside plate mark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' (pre 1800) laid , even distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | possible small watermark or countermark [illeg] |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very faint overall plate tone, slightly darker along plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | large patch at lower left corner and scattered smaller flecks thoughout sky (in addition to remnants of removed etched shading) and on water |
| Print note: | only drypoint now among short, curved lines of shading in sky, along with faint remnant of curved rope at center from state I |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1863. / a [accent grave] Amsterdam - Tolhuis.- --' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | see tab |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | see tab |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 40-60 mm from left ; butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Freer wrote in pencil, verso: W 82 Trial - before clouds. Obach & Co. Oct/06. M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: 06.235 K.91 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Obach & Co. Oct/06' and 'W82 Trial - before clouds' on verso by C.L. Freer; two tiny blue dots near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0910302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.