142Shipbuilder's Yard, LiverpoolFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.356 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), London; Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1876; Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (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: | 345 x 213 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 276 x 151 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | De Erven Dk Blauw |
| Medium: | dryoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with traces of tone near the plate edges and over the sky and the ships in the background |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. Haden' in graphite pencil at lower right on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Rose Sale June 30 1876.' at lower left on the verso by F.S. Haden; 'W121' a lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; '3.' in blue ink at lower right on the recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1460102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.