230Riva, No. 2Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.6 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (Obach receipts, 10 January and 23 February 1905), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 207 x 303 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 303 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: | Hunting horn in shield (Chicago watermark 182) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | pale tone, slightly darker near the plate edges and on the bottom fifth of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; before the regular patches on FGA 1898.397 |
| Print note: | The state is the same as FGA 1887.16 and 1898.397 (Kennedy's first state); it is the earliest of the three impressions (see State descr.) |
| 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 69-90 mm from left, height 7 mm; butterfly of 1881/1882 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The butterfly is medium-sized with horizontal veins at the centre of the wings |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '12' at lower centre on the verso; 'W 175 The Riva No 2 Obach + Co. Jan 1905. £62' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2060104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.