171Free Trade WharfNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8496 State: 8/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 49437). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10559 |
| Paper size: | 202 x 276 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 98 x 187 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese tissue |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, more in the sky; texturing untidy on the water |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[…]ACKS' (back to front, on warehouse roof) |
| 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: | 'LJR' stamp on verso (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 49437' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '103' on verso, '10' on recto; '6. (ot.29) x' on recto, possibly by Whistler |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1630303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.