441Justice Walk, ChelseaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.6 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 27 May 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 165 x 242 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 165 x 242 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: | possible illegible watermark |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale tone at centre with darker tone near the corners and plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'C.W.BRETT / GARDINER' on signboard |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly with inscription at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'No 5.' (the 'o' superscript) at lower left on the verso and 'Chosen Proof' butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 39-48 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The signboard appears to include 'GARDINER' not "GARDENER' as entered earlier |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'H [W]' (illegible) at upper right on the verso; 'Justice Walk / HW + C' at lower left on the verso and 'W296' at lower right on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2750203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.