102Chelsea Bridge and ChurchFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.331 State: 2/7 |  |
| 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: | 140 x 198 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 102 x 167 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, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: Post Horn with 4 and WR below |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of plate tone along top, left and right plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | light foul biting across top of sky and scattered flecks in lower sky, water and shore; heavier foul biting or other plate surface defects at lower right between boat under sail and beached sailboat; two corrosion marks apparent to left of figure on sailing boats. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | 'Whistler.' (underscored) within plate mark at lower left corner |
| 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 inscriptions 'S.H. 3." and, in C.L. Freer's hand, 'Trial B Grolier Catalogue. (Haden Catalogue) signed proof' in graphite on old mount (now lost). They were erased 1924.01.02. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W85 Trial B Grolier Club' on verso by C.L. Freer; tiny green dot near lower left corner on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0950302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.