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Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.324
State: 1/2

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, (Wunderlich 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:159 x 203 mm  
Plate mark size:114 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' laid (post 1800), even dstribution, much debris, vertical chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks: Pro Patria over 'N', partial watermark  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very faint plate tone at left and inky plate mark at lower left  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks throughout image with more concentrated patch on and around beached boat in foreground  
Print note:rather a bare impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler ' ['t' not crossed]  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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 notes previously existing inscriptions 'S.H.' and 'F.S.H.' in graphite on print's margin. They were erased 1925.6.16  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W79' by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0750106  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.