143The Two ShipsFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1901.195 State: 5/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1901; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 360 x 230 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 133 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | escutcheon surmounted by crown with orb, with a tassel beneath; a fanciful letter or curlicue device (possibly a swan?) at the centre |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale tone on the water |
| Note on foul biting: | traces at the lower right corner and lightly scattered over the hulls of the boats and water; the dark strip of foul biting, visible in Kennedy's illustration of the third state, appears to be mostly burnished out |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 38261' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler. Two Ships. / early trial proof' at lower centre on the verso; 'l' over '^' at lower centre on the verso; 'yx' (or reversed c next to c) at lower right on the verso; 'EN' (in script) erased at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1480303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.