196The Little MastFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1902.131 State: 3/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 271 x 189 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 266 x 187 mm |
| Note on size: | The print is not trimmed all the way to the plate mark--there are very narrow margins; perhaps this was trimmed later by a dealer or collector? |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, even tone |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks and patches, including a long area along the bottom plate mark; there is a vice mark at upper right. |
| Print note: | This appears to be pure etching, but the first state should be checked for drypoint under a microscope. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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 31-52 mm from left, 8 mm height; butterfly of 1880 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The '6.0.0' inscription was probably on the sheet when it was printed; see FGA 1898.383, an impression of Palaces, with the same brown ink inscription |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W141' and 'Before the long accidental scratches / were removed' at lower centre verso; '25' (?) at lower left on ther verso; 'S / U I' at lower centre on the verso; '£Ex (or c next to reversed c) 0 with slash' at lower right on the verso; '6.0.0' in brown ink at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1850103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.