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171

Free Trade Wharf

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Accession no: 91.564
State: 4/8

Collection credit:Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Gift of Dr And Mrs Helmut Wakeham  
Image credit:Photo Travis Fullerton © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  
Provenance:Gift of Dr and Mrs Helmut Wakeham to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1991.  

 

Paper size:161 x 260 mm  
Plate mark size:98 x 187 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:pale tan, darkened within old mount  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:at the edge  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'[…]CKS', back to front, on roof of wharf building  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1630520  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.