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Rotherhithe

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1890.13
State: 2/6

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt 1 June 1890), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, June 1890; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:412 x 322 mm  
Plate mark size:257 x 199 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid (pre 1800); much debris - even distribution; blank book (ms), vertical chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:some very light plate tone on shirts of men and board with signature in foreground and on sky at upper left  
Note on foul biting:large patch of droplets in sky to left of hanging chain  
Print note:long, arched scratch extends from wooden boards at upper left to lines of sky just above wharf buildings in background  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1860.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'a', 'xuc' verso; 'First state' on recto; 'W60' on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0660104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.