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48

Limehouse

Glasgow Museums
Accession no: PR.1920.6.io

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:John Innes (1859-1929), Glasgow; presented to Glasgow Museums in 1920.  

 

Paper size:171 x 314 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 203 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone only  
Note on foul biting:extensive  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'...UR MAC…' above the bow window at upper 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):'F. Goulding Imp.'  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Proof from Copper surface - previous to re-steeling - May 1894 F. Goulding Imp.' , 'Limehouse K40iii', '7314V', '20-8 6/io' [?] all on recto in pencil; Museum numbers in pen.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0400z30  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.