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Free Trade Wharf

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.11676
State: 4/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:200 x 280 mm  
Plate mark size:99 x 187 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper: cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:texture, flecks, at edges  
Print note:Fine impression, quite rich and lustrous in the shadow.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'[…]CKS', back to front, on roof of wharf building  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1630507  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.