309The Landing Stage, CowesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.455 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Rosalind Birnie-Phillip by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 132 x 94 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 132 x 94 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | selectively wiped, with upper right wiped cleaner; with distinct vertical and curving horizontal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | the remnants of old work (short parallel lines) have been removed, but the vertical scratches at right are visible |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 23-34 mm from left, height 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note the inscription identifying the subject as a pier at Cowes rather than Ryde; as noted for the AIC impression, Ryde Pier was a 'pleasure pier' with wrought ironwork; the AIC Jubilee setalso titles this etchig as a Cowesrather than Ryde; Cowes is approximately 8 miles from Ryde |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'RBP 'The Landing Stage, Cowes' / W245' and ' 'Ryde Pier' - O.K.' by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3280102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.