171Free Trade WharfNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8496 State: 8/8 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 49437). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
Additional acq. no: | B-10559 |
Paper size: | 202 x 276 mm |
Plate mark size: | 98 x 187 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese tissue |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone, more in the sky; texturing untidy on the water |
Note on foul biting: | a few dots |
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: | 'LJR' stamp on verso (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 49437' on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '103' on verso, '10' on recto; '6. (ot.29) x' on recto, possibly by Whistler |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K1630303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.