358Clothes-Exchange, Houndsditch, No. 1Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.1 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from M. Knoedler & Co. or Frederick Keppel & Co., (Knoedler receipt, 4 March 1889 and Keppel receipt, 16 April 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 162 x 240 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 160 x 240 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily / GR |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | overall tone, slightly darker at corners and sides; slight disturbance in the plate tone at upper left corner, apparently from debris on plate when inked |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | signboard above packing station: 'PHILP & Co. / PACKER' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '2nd. & completed state- / fine proof- ' at lower right on the verso; 'No. 9.' (the 'o' superscript) at lower left on the verso probably by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 44-53 mm from left; height 2 mm |
| 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: | 'W231' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'W. 12/12/-' at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2870204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.