192The DyerFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1888.32 State: 3/10 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 25 October 1888), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1888; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 309 x 239 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 302 x 235 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Venetian (see James, et al, Old Master Prints and Drawings: A Guide to Preservation and Conservation, p.53 |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Three crescents |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with dark tone across the water in the foreground, somewhat lighter at lower left and lower right corners; there are speckled flecks in the tone (something on the surface of the plate?) |
| Note on foul biting: | distinct scraper marks at the top and sides |
| Print note: | The ink colour is warm black |
| 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: | butterfly of ca 1880 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '6 80' (the '80' superscript) on the verso of the tab; 'W189' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2190102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.