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Limehouse

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 40
State: 6/6

Collection credit:Pennell Collection  
Image credit:  
Provenance:E. R. and J. Pennell Collection; given to the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:182 x 228 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 198 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:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces  
Note on foul biting:as usual  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'...UR MAC…' above the bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on the signboard in the background.  
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:'J. Pennell' in graphite at lower left on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Limehouse [H. ?]' at lower left verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0400311  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.