100Shipping at LiverpoolFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.330 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, (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: | 324 x 216 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 229 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, little debris, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Beehive with DEDB, flowering plant above and flourishes below |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some light overall plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and two larger acid spots near plate edge at upper left |
| Print note: | Etched lines of masts, rigging and figures are printed with retroussage, giving impression of burry drypoint; some lines of masts and rigging in background and middleground are exceptionally wide, producing (?) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1867 -' |
| 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 previously existing inscription 'S.H.' in graphite on print's margin. It was erased 1925.06.15. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W84' on verso by C.L. Freer; two tiny blue dots near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0940102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.