53Thames PoliceHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 30474 State: 5c/6 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: |
| Paper size: | 250 x 328 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | thick paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Fleur de Lis |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone in sky |
| Note on foul biting: | foul biting in bottom left corner |
| Print note: | lines at bottom right look fuzzy, maybe due to loss of printing pressure |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards: 'THAMES POLICE.' ; 'WAPPING WHARF / YORKSHIRE BOTTLE COMPANY' |
| 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: | n/a |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | verso centre left: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233), '30474' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | verso bottom centre: '1783' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | verso bottom left: '395'; recto top left: '6'; bottom right: 'Thames Police W42'; bottom left (faintly): 'Wapping Wharf' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0440321 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.