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Stevens' Boat Yard

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.269
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York (receipt, 9 November 1898) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:160 x 231 mm  
Plate mark size:153 x 225 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:lightweight Asian paper, kozo, even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'W. STEVENS. BOAT & BARGE BUIL[der]', on signboard at top left  
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:Note on folder sheet, 'S.H. Erased March 31st, 1924.'  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:"W 38 'A Wharf'" written by Freer on verso according to FGA folder sheet.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0480103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.