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Rotherhithe

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.301
State: 4/6

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, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:282 x 208 mm  
Plate mark size:274 x 201 mm  
Note on size:narrow margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan laid  
Note on the paper:Eastern laid: kozo; much debris - even distribution; 35 mm between 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:printed with very light overall plate tone  
Note on foul biting:large patch of droplets in sky to left of hanging chain with scattered flecks above and to the left of the patch; light foul biting near upper left and lower right corners  
Print note:Reasonable impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1860.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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 notes previous existence of inscription "S.H." in graphite on old mount (now lost).  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:tiny blue dot near lower right corner of image on recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0660204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.