98The SailFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.16 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | W. Dowdeswell. Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891); returned to Whistler for signature; sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 322), bought by Deprez, £0.16.0. Bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 211 x 135 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 211 x 135 mm |
| Note on size: | trimmed to the plate mark without a tab |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This is the impression illustrated in Kennedy. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' on the recto; inscription and butterfly on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'The Sail- / only two proofs pulled / plate destroyed-' and butterfly |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | There is a large shaded butterfly on the recto and a smaller butterfly on the verso |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); stylized device at centre on the verso (this may be a version of Walter Dowdeswell's mark; see Lugt 799) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1570102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.