171Free Trade WharfFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.363 State: 4/8 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 193 x 315 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 99 x 187 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | illegible countermark? |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale, even, overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | As on FGA 1888.36 but heavier in appearance |
| Print note: | The drypoint lines on this impression are stronger than on FGA 1888.36; this is a slightly inkier impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[…]CKS', back to front, on roof of wharf building |
| 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: | 'W134' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1630505 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
