70RotherhitheFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1890.13 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (receipt 1 June 1890), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, June 1890; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 412 x 322 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 257 x 199 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid (pre 1800); much debris - even distribution; blank book (ms), vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some very light plate tone on shirts of men and board with signature in foreground and on sky at upper left |
| Note on foul biting: | large patch of droplets in sky to left of hanging chain |
| Print note: | long, arched scratch extends from wooden boards at upper left to lines of sky just above wharf buildings in background |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'a', 'xuc' verso; 'First state' on recto; 'W60' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0660104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.