229The RivaFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1901.170 State: 2/4 |  |
| 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: | 206 x 302 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 295 mm |
| Note on size: | narrow margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, with inky plate edges and a blotch of ink at the upper right plate edge |
| Note on foul biting: | a small dark acid spot at centre, near the lower plate edge; a patch of much lighter acid droplets to the right of the spot; additional droplets on and below the wall at left; scraping marks at lower centre; many scratches on the plate |
| Print note: |
| 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: | 'undescribed Trial proof. Nets darkened, 2 figures in foreground still remaining, / - but with added work in upper left corner. And with lines added in sky' on the verso; 'l / > / c' (the 'c' reversed) at lower centre on the verso; 'Hwx (or c next to reversed c).0' (a slash through the 0) at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1920202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.