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Free Trade Wharf

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1917.455
State: 4/8

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917.  

 

Paper size:202 x 280 mm  
Plate mark size:99 x 188 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:Dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: '[…]ACKS' (back to front, on warehouse roof)]  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'A 31262' at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Free Trade Wharf (See "Wedmore")' at lower left recto by Harold Wright; 'FH:?' at lower right verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1630502  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.