70RotherhitheFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.160 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 464 x 301 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 271 x 197 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | much debris - even distribution |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with plate tone inforeground, on shirts of men and board with signature and date. |
| Note on foul biting: | large patch of droplets in sky to left of hanging chain.. |
| Print note: | The tone gives an odd watery effect at the bottom of the sheet; long, arched scratch extends from wooden boards at upper left to lines of sky just above wharf buildings in background; a somewhat underinked impression with tiny uninked spots on walls of wharf at left, hanging equipment, wharf buildings in background, etc. |
| 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: | M. Smith notes the previous existence of the inscription '1st state' (?) in graphite on recto in an unknown hand; it has been almost completely erased |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'very early state / F. W' (Frederick Wedmore) on recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0660103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.