50Eagle WharfFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.270 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 166 x 245 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 136 x 214 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light green or light blue faded to off-white; 'antique' laid (pre 1800); much debris - uneven distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | I Honig Zoonen |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | minor, scattered near plate corners, in foreground and in water |
| Print note: | A good clear impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' and, on signboards: 'TYZAC. WHITELEY & Co' ['o' underscored]', 'W. BROWN [ 'N' reversed] / SAIL MAKER. / SHIP ['S' reversed] OWNER', 'EAGLE. / WHARF' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.39 - 1st [underscored] state' on verso by C. L. Freer; M. Smith records previously existing inscription 'S.H.' on etching's margin, erased 29 December 1923. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0410104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.