The Fan |  Freer Gallery of Art (1896.50) | |
| Number: | 375 | |
| Date: | 1887/1888 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 135 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly to left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.345; M.343 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
TECHNIQUE
This is pure etching.
PRINTING
Only three impressions of this rare etching have been located. All are trimmed to the platemark and signed on the tab with a butterfly and 'imp.' to show that Whistler had printed them. Two of these were printed in dark brown ink on laid paper with a partial 'PRO PATRIA' watermark (the '1st proof', 
, and ). Whistler was partial to 'Pro Patria' paper, and at least 100 such sheets were used by him in the years from 1886 on.
, and ). Whistler was partial to 'Pro Patria' paper, and at least 100 such sheets were used by him in the years from 1886 on.