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Limehouse

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: G5723

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:149 x 225 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:DE ERVEN DE BLAUW  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Pretty clean wiped.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A soft flecking or grainy effect across the surface.  

 

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:verso, 'E. H. G.' in pencil  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'E.H.G.' [Green leaf - Fogg staff]  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0400z11  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.