216The Little LagoonFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.381 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 234 x 154 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 225 x 153 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light tone, becoming darker at the bottom. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks; vertical 'wiping' scratches on the sky and water. |
| Print note: | This was formerly catalogued as second state but appears to be between the first and second; the front of the top of the gondola is particularly dark--it is not clear if that is the result of retouching or inking. |
| 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 99-109 mm from left, height 9 mm, butterfly of 1880 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W152' at lower centre on the verso by C. L. Freer; 'Sx' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1860207 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.