261The Little Wheelwright'sFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.9 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co. (receipt, 6 January 1904), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 107 x 132 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 66 x 98 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800); appears to be the same paper as FGA 1904.8 and 1913.119 |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Fairly even tone, slightly darker at the plate corners. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered across the entire etched area and below it at centre. |
| 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: | 'The Little Wheel Wrights Grolier / 294' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2450104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.