316Railway Arch, American SquareFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.44 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Edward G. Kennedy, New York. Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI. |
| Paper size: | 70 x 162 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 70 x 162 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With traces of tone at the plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks and patches |
| Print note: | There may be drypoint shading on the ground in front of the arch and on the wall to the right, or these may be etched lines that have been partly removed (scraped down). |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 121-133 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'EGK' stamp (Edward G. Kennedy, Lugt 857); 'CLF.' in black ink on tab verso (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W218' at lower left on the verso and '7 Railway Arch - 1st state' at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2680102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.