53Thames PoliceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1888.35 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, (receipt, 10 November 1888), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1888; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 267 x 362 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 225 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); little debris - even distribution, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | HODELIST |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces along left, right and bottom plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | most in lower left corner; scattered flecks in sky. |
| Print note: | check fine horizontal shading among masts at lower left: etching or drypoint? |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 1859.' and, on signboards 'W PING WHARF. / YOR OIRI (YORKSHIRE?) BOTTLE COMPAN', 'THAMES POLICE.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp on recto and verso (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '84024' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W42. 1st (underscored) State' on recto and 'W42' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'avant le pointe seche modif.' on recto and 'mount' on verso; 'Hy' on verso; M. Smith notes presence of erased graphite inscription 'DO Hamerton "Thames Police" in Freer's hand. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0440203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.