212The Steamboat, VeniceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.21 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Otto H. Bacher, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 303 x 210 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 264 x 185 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | unevenly wiped; inky plate mark; fingerprints |
| Note on foul biting: | acid droplets at upper right and a few others at lower centre right |
| Print note: | A working proof |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'Otto' square stamp (Otto H. Bacher, Lugt 2002) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'No 3' in blue ink at lower right on the recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2280203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.