46Thames WarehousesFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1896.17 State: C/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, January 1896; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 85 x 212 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 76 x 203 mm |
| Note on size: | with small margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, little debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | less prominent than on earlier impressions |
| Print note: | Cancellation lines are only drypoint lines; in this impression (showing wear to plate and lightly inked), regular dot pattern that resembles softground on docked barge do extend downward onto foreground boat. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' and, on buildings, 'FREDK [superscript 'K'] VINK & Co [superscript 'o'] / ROPE & SAIL MAKERS', 'SMITH & SON. / HERMITAGE COAL WHARF', 'HO[A]RES 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: | 'W35 K38 Gr37 M37' and 'Thames Warehouses' and 'E' on verso (in hand of Freer staff member as writing matches accession number inscription). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0380301 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.