138Sketches of HeadsFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.408 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 215 x 336 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 153 x 228 mm |
| Note on size: | The sheet was removed from a book; with stitching holes along lower sheet edge |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall grey plate tone, mottled in appearance (see Print Note) |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The mottled effect could have been caused by a problem with the consistency of the ink and its separation? |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt); Haden |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Supp 360' at lower center on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1040102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.