139Speke ShoreFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1893.60 State: C/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Bought from Knoedler & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 250 x 321 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: Fleur de lys with WGL (in cursive) below |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | a curious grid of dots in bottom left corner |
| 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: | 'wanted' written by Freer on recto; 'W 119 93.60 W119 K144 Gr123 M142 Speke Shore Rare, Sketch in Dry point / Not in K' erased, in unidentified writing on recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1440502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.