Chelsea Wharf |  Freer Gallery of Art (1905.163) | |
| Number: | 97 | |
| Date: | 1863 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 93 x 192 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower right (1-2); butterfly at lower right (2) | |
| Inscribed: | '1863 -' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 12 | |
| Catalogues: | K.89; M.89; T.75; W.81 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (12) | ||
Chelsea Wharf was dated '1863' by Whistler on the copper plate.
The plate was reworked about 1873, and signed at that time with Whistler's butterfly. The date '1873' was written by Whistler on one impression ().
Other etchings dated 1863 include
Amsterdam, from the Tolhuis 099,
Weary 093,
Brushing the Hair 094 and
Battersea Reach 096.