51BillingsgateVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, RichmondAccession no: L.65.2011.11 State: 8/9 |
| Collection credit: | Promised gift of Frank Raysor. |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Raysor Collection; promised gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Art. |
| Paper size: | 171 x 245 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove card |
| Note on the paper: | darkened to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '15 1/8 x 17 3/8', /4 x 5- 455,' 'made in book form' all on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0470z49 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.