52Longshore menBibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographieAccession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 1 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Provenance: | |
| Additional acq. no: | D.03570 |
| Paper size: | 207/208 x 313 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | probably from a bound book, lower edges irregularly torn, others cut/trimmed |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | warm black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered, loose but coarse pits across plate; small patch of foul biting in lower left corner |
| Print note: | rich impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler - 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / black stamp lower left corner 'D.03570' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W43' and 'Longshoremen' recto lower left corner |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0450116 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.