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Free Trade Wharf

Syracuse University Art Galleries
Accession no: 1963.0985
State: 4/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Syracuse University Art Galleries  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 39823). Cloud Wampler (1895-1973), Syracuse, NY; given to the Syracuse University Art Galleries in 1963.  

 

Paper size:199 x 279 mm  
Plate mark size:98 x 187 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan  
Note on the paper:very wide apart laid lines; slightly yellow edges, light  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall  
Note on foul biting:speckles at edges, areas of texture  
Print note:good impression on slightly glossy paper  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly in pencil below platemark  
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:1888/1890s pencil butterfly  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 39823'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'5' recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1630523  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.