49The PoolFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.272 State: 1/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 142 x 216 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 138 x 213 mm |
| Note on size: | with very narrow margins--trimmed unevenly just outside platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, little debris, vertical chain lines, with very narrow margins--trimmed unevenly just outside platemark |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | illegible partial word in cursive script |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | around figure and boat and on figure's legs and left upper body |
| Print note: | It is a very interesting proof; the figure and boat etched, with outlines of background sketched in drypoint; fine, granular tone/foul bite on figure's body has qualities of open bite/lavis |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' |
| 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: | M. Smith records previously existing inscription "S.H." in graphite on print. It was erased 1924.3.29. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W41 trial' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0430102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.