217Shipping, VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1908.8 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from E. Gottschalk, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1908; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 335 x 224 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 301 x 206 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | light grey |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book; with sewing holes |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | mo |
| Medium: | etching [and drypoint] |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | irregular blotches of tone and numerous fingerprints |
| Note on foul biting: | series of parallel vertical scraper/burnisher marks across the sky; some at left extend onto the water |
| Print note: | The impression Is slightly slipped at the centre |
| 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: | 'Whistler' (underlined) at lower right |
| 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: | 'From Gottschalk Dec. 07 Shipping at Venice. Grolier 207' (upside-down) at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2290203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.