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Billingsgate

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 86.055.004
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Anonymous Gift.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:Private collection; given to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1986.  

 

Paper size:210 x 265 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 223 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:flecks and light texture; acid spots at top  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'7924' on recto; 'B14015' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9 1/8, 6 1/4' recto; 'YH' verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470725  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.