199The RialtoFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.7 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co., (receipts, 10 January and 23 February 1905), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 296 x 200 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 296 x 200 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with some tone near the plate edges and a dark patch at lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | acid droplets across the top of the plate and at lower right; acid spots on the façade and corner of the buildings at right; pronounced scraper marks at left and right and near the lower plate edge |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'VENDITA CARNA' on the signboard above the awning on right |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 45-65 mm from left, height 7 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W181 The Rialto. Obach & Co. Jan. 1805. £58' by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2110103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.