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The Little Rotherhithe

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.317
State: 3/4

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, (Wunderlich 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:132 x 107 mm  
Plate mark size:124 x 102 mm  
Note on size:very narrow margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan laid  
Note on the paper:'Japan tissue', ganpi, even distribution, little debris  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with somewhat inky plate mark and bevel  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks and acid droplets in sky above warehouses in background and at lower left and right  
Print note:Beautiful rich and sharp impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1861.'  
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). It was erased 1924.01.02.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others: 'Little Wapping-' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'W71' on verso; tiny blue dot near lower left corner on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0730202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.