171Free Trade WharfUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.364 State: 7/8 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 205 x 299 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 98 x 188 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | B / TH in elaborated circle (Chicago watermark 62) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | light, granular foul biting over the water, except in the centre, where a boat was scraped and burnished out |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[…]ACKS' (back to front, on warehouse roof) |
| 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: | 'C.20658' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Kennedy number, state and title at lower right by Harold Wright |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1630302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
