51BillingsgateHarris Schrank Fine Prints (2012)Accession no: n/a State: 9/9 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Given by Whistler to S. H. Nazeby Harrington, Birkenhead, 2 July 1886; probably sold to Kennedy & Co., New York, in 1916. Harris Schrank Fine Prints, New York, 2006. |
| Paper size: | 162 x 230 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 153 x 230 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | 'fine early impression, with burr' [check] |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | ' 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly on tab of 1886; no 'imp'. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1884/1885 |
| Collector's mark: | 'HNH' in circle (S. H. Nazeby Harrington, Lugt 1337, 1348 or 1349) stamps on recto and verso: |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Presented to me by J.M.. Whistler, July 2nd 1886 / HNH' on mount. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, dealer's records |
| ID: | K0470723 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.