300The Menpes ChildrenFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.313 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London; bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., (Keppel receipt, 28 December 1905), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 104 x 173 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 68 x 101 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800) |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial [lion rampant?] |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, darker at lower left |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks |
| Print note: | A good impression. |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'WS' in a rectangle at lower centre on the verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 50066' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'l / cv' (the 'c' reversed) at lower centre on the verso; '28' (encircled) at upper centre on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2610102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.