177Sir Garnet WolseleyFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.123 State: 1/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably etched and printed on 24 November 1877, and acquired from Whistler by C. A. Howell. Bought from the collection of Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), through Obach & Co., London and New York, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 9 December 1903, for £92.0.0 (FGA vouchers 1903-9503); bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 376 x 252 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 301 x 176 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | touches of white gouache on the nose, cheek, moustache, beard and jaw |
| Print tone: | Selectively wiped-- with tone behind the head and over the torso; uneven traces of ink at the bottom of the plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This is the impression of the first state illustrated in Kennedy. |
| 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: | 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: | 'Lord Wolseley' and other words, unclear, unidentified writing at bottom edge, recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1640102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.