102Chelsea Bridge and ChurchFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.165 State: 7/7 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 126 x 194 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 170 mm |
| Note on size: | small margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), much debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: De Erven Dk Blaau |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | plate tone over the buildings and more lightly over the boat with a sail at right. |
| Note on foul biting: | light foul biting among the lines of the sky at top. |
| 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: | 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: | blue dot lower left corner. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0950604 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
