48LimehouseFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.267 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 162 x 230 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 202 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | light grey |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | China laid |
| Note on the paper: | Eastern paper: gasenshi; much debris - uneven distribution, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | carefully wiped to leave dark plate tone on the shaded areas and shadows on buildings at right; medium tone on the foreground and middle ground; light tone on the sky; with the boards of the stern of barge at lower center clean-wiped. |
| Note on foul biting: | Considerable throughout; particularly heavy at lower right and on prow of boat with signature and date. |
| Print note: | The 'foul biting' on the prow is similar to the splatter on Old Battersea Bridge (HAG46793) but seems less deliberate and even/measured.A good impression with a slightly grainy effect overall. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1859' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859' and '...UR MAC (?)' above bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on signboard in background. |
| 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: | no |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | M. Smith records previously existing inscription "S.H. trial proof - trial proof - probably unique - with work on sky and on large barge which was afterwards removed" in graphite on etching's margin. It was erased 1924.3.29. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W37' on verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0400102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.