71Penny Passengers, LimehouseFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.299 State: 1/2 |  |
| 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: | 103 x 231 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 81 x 209 mm |
| Note on size: | margin |
| 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); much debris - even distribution; 26 mm between chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: [De Erven] De. Blauw |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with very light plate tone, with a somewhat inky plate mark |
| Note on foul biting: | distributed across unetched areas of the plate |
| Print note: | a lightly inked impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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 previously existing inscription 'S.H. 1st' in graphite on print's margin (erased 1924.1.2) and 'Sketch at Limehouse of The Penny Boat. The Little Hat plate' in graphite on old mount (now lost). |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W59' by C. L. Freer; tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0670102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.