219The Venetian MastFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1908.258 State: 3/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from E. Gottschalk by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1908; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 345 x 204 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 335 x 163 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid ? |
| Note on the paper: | the paper colour is probably ivory discoloured to buff; it is difficult to be certain that it is Asian laid as it is heavily soiled and foxed |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with uneven tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This appears to be the impression of the third state illustrated by 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: | 'Whistler' in lower right margin. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1950302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.