55The Lime-BurnerFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.113 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (Obach receipt, 28 October 1905), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, December 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 363 x 265 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 251 x 178 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800); little debris - even distribution, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: 'HP' in a shield, flower pendant, HALLINES below |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Considerable plate tone throughout most of image except for the water and sky through doorway in middle ground, wall behind figure and figure's upper body, which are clean-wiped. |
| Note on foul biting: | Considerable throughout including granular effect (heavy in places) on walls of doorway. |
| Print note: | The ink looks dark brown ; presence of drypoint signature as well as etched signature and date implies an earlier state than Kennedy's I/II |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' in drypoint lower left; 'Whistler.' in etching lower right |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'For Mother- / from J Whistler' on recto; ' "Thames Limeburners.' ' on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | 0 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | note JMW title in inscription: Thames Limeburners |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W44 The Lime-Burner. Obach & Co. June, 1905' on recto by C.L. Freer; 'No mount' and '0134' and 13 1/2 x 10' on verso, the latter two partly erased. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0460105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.