165From BillingsgateFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.171 State: 6/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 215 x 337 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book; with sew holes in the lower margin |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown/black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Traces of plate tone at left, right and bottom. |
| Note on foul biting: | Tiny pits and scratches in the sky, particularly between the lines extending to the bow of the leftmost ship. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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: | '5 - x' at lower right on the recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The '5- x' inscription may be a record of the printing sequence. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.130, A sketch from Billingsgate. / From Thomas Way, June 1905' at lower right on the recto by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1680402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.