198The Fishing BoatFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.399 State: 3/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 155 x 233 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 233 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'WW' countermark |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, darker nar the plate edges and on the lower fifth of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | many scattered flecks; two acid spots at left; many scratches on the sky; scraping marks at the top and sides |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly with inscription at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Early proof..' / butterfly and 'No 38' (the 'o' superscript and underlined, the '38' underlined) at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 49-69 mm from left, height 9 mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'SH' in graphite at lower right on the verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'X' at lower right on the verso; 'Mm' (in script; the 'm' superscript and underlined) at lower right on the verso; "W178' in graphite at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2080203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.