Free Trade Wharf |  Freer Gallery of Art (1888.36) | |
| Number: | 171 | |
| Date: | 1877 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 99 x 186 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left (3-final) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | Fine Art Society, 1879? | |
| No. of States: | 8 | |
| Known impressions: | 33 | |
| Catalogues: | K.163; M.160; W.134 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (33) | ||
Free Trade Wharf probably dates from 1877. It was probably the etching sold as 'From Limehouse', in October 1877. 1 The date '1877' is written on an impression acquired by Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), but it is not absolutely certain that Whistler wrote the date (
). The butterfly signature etched on the plate confirms the date.
). The butterfly signature etched on the plate confirms the date.
1: Whistler to M. B. Huish, 10 October 1877, GUW #12734.
Free Trade Wharf was published by the Fine Art Society, London, in 1879.