99Amsterdam, from the TolhuisFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.328 State: 3/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Probably acquired from Whistler by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., New York, (Wunderlich receipt 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, November 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 176 x 246 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 132 x 209 mm |
| Other size: | .07 thickness mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan laid |
| Note on the paper: | even distribution, little debris, kozo, 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: | traces of plate tone near plate corners and along bottom plate edge |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks and faint marks from acid droplets at lower left |
| Print note: | only certain drypoint is series of broken lines that depict leftmost, curving rope (line?) extending from top of mast (stay?) to hull of second barge from front; short l-r diagonal and longer curved |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1863. / a [accent grave] Amsterdam - Tolhuis.- --' |
| 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: | FGA folder sheet: In pencil on margin: S.H. Erased February 12th, 1924. Freer wrote in pencil, verso: W 82 - 1st state before the monogram. M. Smith wrote in pencil, verso: F1898.328 K.91 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0910104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.