99Amsterdam, from the TolhuisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.327 State: 1/8 |  |
| 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: | 205 x 320 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 132 x 210 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | removed from a book (left, right and bottom sheet edges are red), 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | patches of tone at lower plate corners and at lower left |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks |
| Print note: | only certain drypoint is series of broken lines that depict leftmost, curving rope (line?) extending from top of mast (stay?) to hull of second barge from front; short l-r diagonal and longer curved horizontal above it at lower left print are probably scratches in plate but may be drypoint; those lines print strongly in this impression compared to 1898.328 and 1888.31 (both state I), where the lines are weaker; in addition, faint marks from acid droplets that are visible at lower left in 1898.328 and 1888.31 are not present in this impression; other accidental scratches are present in this impression but do not appear in the others: thus this is earliest proof of the three |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1863. / a [accent grave] Amsterdam - Tolhuis.- --' |
| 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 1924.02.12. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W82 - First state before the monogram' on verso by C.L. Freer; two tiny blue dots near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0910106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.