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Chelsea Wharf

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.329
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Kraushaar Galleries, New York. Private Collection, Florida; Susan Schulman, New York; Peter and Paula Lunder; given to Colby College by Peter and Paula Lunder.  
Additional acq. no:017.2005  

 

Paper size:99 x 190 mm  
Plate mark size:90 x 190 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate overall; vertical splotches, almost as if after leaving an even tone, he placed a textured laid paper lightly on the plate, to give some sparkly light effects - or else a sloppy wiping job - seems to be greyish, light impression, or perhaps a lighter ink  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1863 -' [butterfly]  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:"CHELSEA WHARF / CLOVER HAY & STRAW / THOMAS WEEKS, CHELSEA WHARF / ROMAN CEMENT & LIME"  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:24-44 mm from right  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:'J.A.W.' Schulman says 'probably' in W's hand  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C 3356', '16286 MK'  
Misc inscriptions by others:17th/18th century script in pen and brown ink on verso, 'Piscator, Lightfoot / Wals. [conojus-]'; "W.81"  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0890209  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.