236TurkeysFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.336 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Hotel Drouot sale, 7 June 1905, bought by E.G. Deprez; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 234 x161 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 205 x 130 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | relatively even, medium tone |
| Note on foul biting: | pronounced vertical and slight diagonal scratches all over the plate, heaviest at upper right but somewhat fainter than those on FGA 1887.6; scattered flecks of foul biting, especially over the top of the well head and on the foreground turkeys |
| Print note: |
| 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: | 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: | '20458' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'cc/-/-' at lower right on the verso; 'From the Sale at the Hotel Druot. June 7/05 / Deprez bot [sic] for me W165' at lower centre on the recto, by C.L. Freer; 'Turkeys First State' at lower centre on the recto; 'W165' in at lower centre on the verso; 'Mr Freer' ('Freer' underlined) at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1990105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.