49The PoolFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1888.34 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, (receipt, 10 November 1888), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1888; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 270 x 368 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 138 x 213 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' (post 1800) medium weight laid ; much debris - uneven distribution, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: 'HP' in a shield with flower pendant (HALLINES); same watermark as 1905.113, K46 |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | Mostly around figure in boat but scattered flecks in water to his right and in middleground. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler..' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' and, on signboards, 'COOPER.', 'St (the 'S' reversed) GEORGE'S WF (the 'F' underscored)', 'NEW CRANE. / TO LET'; on boat at lower right, 'JANE No 6' |
| 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: | M. Smith notes traces of erased inscriptions 'W41' and 'DIO4O' in graphite on recto in an unknown hand. |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1st [underscored] State before the sky was added in drypoint' and 'W41' on recto and 'W41' on verso by C.L. Freer; 'Hx 226' (22L?) and 'Mount' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0430304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.