171Free Trade WharfDetroit Institute of ArtsAccession no: 48.164 |
| Collection credit: | Founders Society Purchase, Elliott T. Slocum Fund. |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bought by the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1948. |
| Paper size: | 200 x 279 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 98 x 187 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese laid (double sheet) |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light and even |
| Note on foul biting: | light pitting all over, concentrated areas in water in foreground |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[…]ACKS' (back to front, on warehouse roof) |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1630202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.