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Free Trade Wharf

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.22.24
State: 4/8

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Theodore de Witt, New York, given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:213 x 276 mm  
Plate mark size:98 x 184 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fine 'antique' (pre 1800)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even tone  
Note on foul biting:texture and dots  
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: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:Stamp on verso 'T. de W' in script (Theodore de Witt, Lugt 2428)  
Dealers' stock nos:'6826' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'104' in circle on verso; 'P' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1630521  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.