179Custom HouseFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.35 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 90 x 190 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 84 x 189 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book; with a fragment of an old inscription in brown in on the verso |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | A few scattered flecks and scratches. |
| Print note: | There are three short drypoint lines or scratches near the top of the second mast from the left; they would appear to be scratches, rather than intentional, as they do not make sense visually. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 43-59 mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '128 ' on the back of the tab; 'L/L/-' (the Ls in script) at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1500102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.