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Fishing Quay, Ostend

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1896.48
State: 1/1

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Dr James M. 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:127 x 175 mm  
Plate mark size:127 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:illegible fragment of the top of a shield or crest  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:selectively wiped, heavier at left and bottom; curving horizontal wiping marks; a patch of picking at lower right reflects the pattern of laid lines  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 39-47 mm from left, height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:The same tiny mark is inscribed on FGA 1906.240, Courtyard Brussels, K355  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:tiny crown at lower right on the verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W318' at lower left on the verso and 'Fishing Quay- Ostend.' at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3520103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.