304BuntingFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.155 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Cox Collection. Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 11 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 174 x 125 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 174 x 125 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Selectively wiped, lighter at upper right, with distinct curving horizontal and sight left-right diagonal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered foul biting, rather heavy at left centre, with a long right-left diagonal scratch at upper centre |
| Print note: | This is a new state; note that the wiping style is similar to FGA 1888.4, Monitors |
| 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: | '6.' at lower left on the verso, probably by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 37-48 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The '6.' is probably but not certainly by Whistler |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W241' at lower centre on the recto and 'Bunting' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3240103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.