141The Little Forge, LiverpoolFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.168 State: 10/16 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 336 x 213 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 150 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 heavy tone over the ceiling and walls at right and the figures in the background at right. |
| Note on foul biting: | Some pits and scratches on the lower part of the plate. |
| Print note: | This impression is the earliest 'state' of the four impressions of K147 at the Freer; it appears to be between Kennedy's fifth and sixth states. |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '6.6:' (?) at lower right on the recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1470603 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.