244Little CourtFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.188 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson, London (ca 1829 - d. 1891). Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 123 x 173 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 122 x 172 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | partial top of coat of arms |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and more dense areas over the front figures at centre and left |
| 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: | non |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 30-51 mm from left, height 5 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'JHH' blindstamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Finished state. Erased March 17, 1925.' originally written in margin by C.L. Freer according to FGA folder sheet; graphite lines on side and bottom edges. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2360105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.