165From BillingsgateFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.291 State: 2/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London. Bought from Obach & Co., (receipt 19 October 1904) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 190 x 313 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 147 x 224 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: | HCH countermark? |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, uneven plate tone, with some areas disturbed in printing; with an inky plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The ink appears a warm black on this paper, and it was printed with noticeable burr, with blobs of ink on the lines. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '2' at lower right on the recto (possibly by Whistler); '193' at lower right on the verso; 'W130 A sketch from Billingsgate - Trial proof. / From Obach + Co. Nov. 1904' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1680102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.