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Thames Police

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 2495

Collection credit:Bequeathed by James Smith (of Blundellsands)  
Image credit:  
Provenance:James Smith (1831-1923), Blundellsands; bequeathed to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1923.  
Additional acq. no:BW 642  

 

Paper size:176 x 252 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Stuck down on backing card. The impression is very flat - there is no indentation from the plate.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Unable to examine properly.  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light print tone that is slightly more pronounced at the lower left corner and in the sky.  
Note on foul biting:There is foul biting at the lower left corner.  
Print note:The lines in the sky are scratchy and broken.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859 -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards: 'THAMES POLICE.' ; 'W[AP]PING WHARF / YOR[KS]HIRE BOTTLE COMPA[NY]'  
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:Unable to examine verso as stuck down on secondary support.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2876C', 'IN 2495' on recto, at lower edge.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0440210  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.