229The RivaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1901.169 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. ( receipt 10 December 1901), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1901; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 211 x 304 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 199 x 264 mm |
| Note on size: | small to narrow margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is pinkish, almost buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | a small area of tone over the sky at right |
| Note on foul biting: | a few spots of foul biting at lower left and curving scratches at lower right |
| Print note: | Note that there is no drypoint in the first state |
| 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: | 'a 40450' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W157 / Riva No 1 / Trial with 2 women in middle foreground' at lower left on the verso, presumably by C.L. Freer; 'l / vc' (the 'c' reversed) at lower centre on the verso; '7No.0' (the '0' with a slash through it) at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1920102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.