46Thames WarehousesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1894.36 State: 4b/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from The Max Williams Company (Williams receipt, 1 May 1894), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, August 1894; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 243 x 376 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 76 x 203 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800); much debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Two griffins in a crowned circle, unclear letters below |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | faint tone at uppr left corner and on water at lower left and lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and patches of foul biting thoughout image; work over boat in foreground and docked barge behind it appears to go beyond foul bite and to be some sort of intentional tonal work; new scratches and defects and associated burnishing. |
| Print note: | Apparently a later impression of Kennedys state 2 than 1898.264 and 1905.104 as illustrated by new plate defects and patches of burnishing; trace of rustmark in sky 36 mm from left plate edge with curved scratches around it; patch of short horizontal scratches and one longer r-l diagonal scratch to left of tall mast near left plate edge; series of small scratches at lower right corner in earlier state 2 impressions are burnished out, as is most of patch of short slightly diagonal scratches to upper right of boat with shadow standing figure. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' and, on buildings, 'FREDK [superscript 'K'] VINK & Co [superscript 'o'] / ROPE & SAIL MAKERS', 'SMITH & SON. / HERMITAGE COAL WHARF', 'HO[A]RES WHARF' |
| 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: | M. Smith records unidentitied erased inscription "4913" on recto |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '4913' and 'vz' (in script) on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Early state' on recto by C.L. Freer.. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0380206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.