237San BiagioFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1908.3 State: 1/17 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from E. Gottschalk by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1907; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 215 x 310 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 209 x 302 mm |
| Note on size: | printed ona sheet that is barely larger than the copper plate; with a deckle at top and bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | a few small, uneven patches of plate tone; inky fingerprints at lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A lightly and unevenly inked impression with many lines indistinct or broken and grainy; a "working proof" |
| 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: | 'From Gottshalk Dec. 07 San Biagio. W163.' upside-down at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1970102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.