309The Landing Stage, CowesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.22 State: 3c/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 131 x 94 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 131 x 94 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: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | Selectively wiped, with heavier tone over the bottom quarter of the image; with distinct vertical and curving horizontal wiping marks. |
| Note on foul biting: | The vertical scratches at right noted on the AIC impression are faint, but the short parallel diagonal scratches are prominent. |
| Print note: | Kennedy master; the series of short parallel lines at left and centre may be scratches or remnants of old or partly removed work; there are also faint horizontals at right and a number of spots at lower left; these lines and defects are visible on Kennedy's reproduction. |
| 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 |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 24-34 mm from left, height 2 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The middle word or words of Whistler's inscription are erased and the last word is presumably 'Ryde'-- the d and e are not clear |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '164' at lower left on verso; 'W245' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'mn-' at lowr left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3280103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.