198The Fishing BoatFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1887.19 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1887; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 155 x 232 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 232 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | even overall tone, darker on the water |
| Note on foul biting: | an acid spot remains on the water at left; the other foul biting and scraping marks (seen on FGA 1898.399) have been removed. |
| Print note: | This was catalogued by the FGA as the third state, but the impression appears to conform to Kennedy's description of the fourth; however, it is not clear that his fourth state description makes sense. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 49-64 mm from left, height 7 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2080302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.