Custom House |  Freer Gallery of Art (1903.35) | |
| Number: | 179 | |
| Date: | 1878 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 84 x 190 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.150; M.148; W.128 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
Custom House dates from 1878. Whistler inscribed one impression '2nd proof - July 7, 1878' (
), and it is assumed that the first proof, which has not been located, dated from the same year.
), and it is assumed that the first proof, which has not been located, dated from the same year. It was considered by Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932) to be an etching of the mid-1870s, and it has similarities to such etchings as Chelsea Wharf [97] and The Old Swan Brewery, Chelsea [105]. 1
Custom House was also printed in 1887. Indeed, most impressions were signed in 1887, and it was first recorded as being sold in April 1887. 2
Custom House was also printed in 1887. Indeed, most impressions were signed in 1887, and it was first recorded as being sold in April 1887. 2
1: Kennedy 1910 (cat. no. 150).
2: Whistler to Dowdeswell's, 28 April 1887, GUW #13020.