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Free Trade Wharf

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 6/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Louis B. Dailey (1904-2000), New York; sold at auction, 21 October 2003, Sotheby's, New York; Dr George van Houten, Netherlands; sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2007. Private Collection, 3 May 2007.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:97 x 183 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:beige  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):-  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LBD' stamp in square with angled corners (Louis B. Dailey, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:'c 36461'  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K1630513  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.