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Limehouse

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.268
State: 3/6

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:246 x 332 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Appears to be cream discoloured to tan; 'modern' (post 1800) medium weight laid; much debris, even distribution  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Partial: crowned shield with two flowers and crescent moon in crown (same as 1905.104, K.40)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light plate tone at lower right corner, on prow with signature, on interior of barge with kneeling figure and on water in left foreground.  
Note on foul biting:Considerable throughout; particularly heavy at lower right and on prow of boat with signature and date.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'...UR MAC…' above the bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on the signboard in the 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:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:M. records previously existing inscription "S.H." in graphite on etching'smargin. It was erased on 1923.12.29.  
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:K0400202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.