271Two studies of womenFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.7 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt 6 January 1904) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 128 x 82 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 123 x 81 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial Pro Patria |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With pale tone near the plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | Irregular scratches at the left side of the image, between the sketches. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | tab 17-27 mm from left, 5 mm height |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Sketches of a girls head at the top of a plate. / undescribed. Not in Wedmore / Obach & Co Jan. 04' at the bottom on the verso by C.L. Freer; blue dot at the lower left corner on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1200102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.