56Stevens' Boat YardFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1893.36 State: C/1 |
Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
Provenance: | Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Purchased from Knoedler & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
Paper size: | 320 x 246 mm |
Plate mark size: | 153 x 225 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, little debris, vertical chain lines |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | partial; crown with horns |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
Print tone: | no |
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: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Have' written by Freer on recto; 'W 38 93.36 W32 K48 Gr40 M47 A wharf very scarce Etching 21' and 'Not in K' [erased] in unidentified writing on recto. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0480202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.