97Chelsea WharfFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.163 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Thomas Way (1837-1915), London; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, June 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 203 x 335 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 90 x 190 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | grey black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Printed with light overall plate tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | small dark patch at upper left corner and light foul biting at lower left; a number of small corrosion marks, mostly at left. |
| Print note: | Some corrosion marks in state I have been removed or are worn away, specifically to left of figure outlined at left foreground and at center right near plate mark; butterfly signature prints very faintly |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | angular butterfly and 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1863--' |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Chelsea Wharf.' and 'Wedmore 81' and 'S' or '8' (? Illeg) on recto; the third in a different hand from the other two. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0890203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.