119The Little Velvet DressFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.337 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | James Anderson Rose;Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1876; 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: | 212 x 164 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 164 x 121 mm |
| 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: | partial foolscap; 4 and pyramid of three circles pendant (Cf.09.115, K. 121) (ms) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall plate tone, the face wiped fairly clean |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is a trace of a profile sketch at upper right. |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. Haden.' in graphite pencil at lower right on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Rose June 30 1876' written by F.S. Haden; 'W.92' at lower centre on verso by C.L. Freer; '5.' at lower center on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1060202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.