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Limehouse

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1984.6
State: 3/6

Collection credit:Gift of Henry Burke, Baltimore, in Memory of Alberta Burke  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by Henry G. Burke, Baltimore, to the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1984.  

 

Paper size:260 x 365 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 299 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique', darkened and yellowed  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching, saltground, drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:foul biting and texturing on the boats and buildings  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0400z01  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.