131The MuffFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.360 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson, London (ca 1829 - d. 1891). 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: | 157 x 94 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 75 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial Pro Patria (?) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the plate edges at upper left and right |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The new drypoint contrasts strongly with earlier work |
| 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: | 'JHH' blindstamp (J. H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '2287' at the lower centre on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W126' at the lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'u/8/a' at the lower centre on the verso; '£5' at the lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1130001 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.