53Thames PoliceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1896.23 State: C/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, 9 January 1896), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, January 1896; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 160 x 234 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 226 mm |
| Note on size: | with narrow margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | little debris - even distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | most in lower left corner; scattered flecks in sky |
| Print note: |
| 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: | 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: | 'W42 K44 Gr44 M40' and 'Thames Police' and 'Etching' on verso (in hand of Freer staff member as writing matches accession number inscription); 'F1896.23 K44' written by M. Smith on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0440401 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.