70RotherhitheFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1909.73 State: 3/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Albert Rouillier by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 21 April 1909; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 278 x 203 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 275 x 201 mm |
| Note on size: | trimmed to or just outside plate mark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800); much debris - even distribution; 37 mm between chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Some light plate tone on shirts of men in foreground |
| Note on foul biting: | large patch of droplets in sky to left of hanging chain with scattered flecks above and to the left of the patch; light foul biting near upper left and lower right corners |
| Print note: | Strong burr on the foreground figure |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | Freer wrote in pencil, verso: From Roullier April 20/09. Unidentified writing in pencil, verso: 41 Trial proof R. Rotherhithe TO (?). [A line of erased, illegible writing extends beyond "Trial proof R." ] Veritype writing in pencil, verso: 09.73 Some heavily inked lines of image have stained through to the verso. M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: K.66 |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'From Rouillier / April 20/09' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'Trial proof. R.' and '41' and 'Rotherhithe [illeg]' on verso in different hands. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0660203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.