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The Turret Ship

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1896.49
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Dr James M. Hart, (Hart receipt, 1 October 1896), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1896; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:126 x 175 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 175 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:partial finial [possibly Arms of Amsterdam or VRYHEYT]  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:graduated tone, selectively wiped, lighter at top and darker at bottom; with distinct vertical and curving horizontal wiping marks  
Note on foul biting:very few scattered flecks; a long vertical scratch or remnant of a slipped stroke extends approximately 31 mm from the hull of the small ship with a pennant to right of centre  
Print note:This is a new state, subsequent to Kennedy's first and only state  

 

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:'(No.2.)' at lower left on the verso, probably by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 30-39 mm from left, height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Turret Ship G261' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3210103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.