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Billingsgate

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession no: P.2080-R
State: 5/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK  
Provenance:Given by Mrs T. H. Riches to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, September 1923.  

 

Paper size:155 x 231 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:machine made  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:splash of acid etc  
Print note:figures rubbed out left, part of the mast above rubbed out.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whislter. 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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0470816  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.