133The Dam WoodFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1906.237 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Sir John Day (1826- 1908), London. Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt, 22 September 1906) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1906; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 212 x 162 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 176 x 113 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with traces of tone near the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is a problem with Kennedy's illustration of the first state (see State Descr.) |
| 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: | 'JCD' blindstamp (Sir John Day, Lugt 526) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '3 x' at lower right on the recto; 'N.N' at lower right on the verso; 'Obach + Co / Oct/06' and 'Trial proof before the butterfly and work on small trees in the distance' at lower left and lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1450102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.