48LimehouseFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1896.19 State: C/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Frederick Keppel & Co. (receipt, 9 January 1896) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, (receipt dated 27 January 1896); bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 137 x 212 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 125 x 202 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post-1800), even distribution, little debris, horizontal chain lines. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable throughout; particularly heavy at lower right and on prow of boat with signature and date. |
| Print note: | A bare looking impression with drypoint cancellation lines; |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1859' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859' and '...UR MAC (?)' above bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on signboard in background. |
| 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: | M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: 'F1896.19 K40 '(ms) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W37 K40 Gr39 M39' and 'Limehouse' and 'E' on verso (in hand of Freer staff member as writing matches accession number inscription). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0400401 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.