473The Pantheon from the Terrace, Luxembourg GardensFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1902.118 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler through the Company of the Butterfly to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 85 x 200 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 82 x 200 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 |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks; patches near the lower platemark |
| Print note: | Extraneous (?) vertical lines at left do not appear related to the subject |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly at lower left, faint butterfly at upper right near edge |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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: | 'Early proof.' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 51-59 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly signature is messy |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Luxembourg / Gardens' (Gardens underlined) at lower right on the verso; inscribed 'W314' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4290103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.