56Stevens' Boat YardFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.269 State: 1/1 |  |
| 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 (receipt, 9 November 1898) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 160 x 231 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 153 x 225 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | lightweight Asian paper, kozo, even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'W. STEVENS. BOAT & BARGE BUIL[der]', on signboard at top left |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note on folder sheet, 'S.H. Erased March 31st, 1924.' |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | "W 38 'A Wharf'" written by Freer on verso according to FGA folder sheet. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0480103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.