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Rotherhithe

Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession no: 68.315

Collection credit:Bequest of Mr and Mrs Lawrence P. Fischer  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bequeathed from the estate of Dollie May Fischer, widow of Lawrence P. Fischer, to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1968.  

 

Paper size:296 x 218 mm  
Plate mark size:276 x 200 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:'DE ERVEN DE. [superscript 'E'] BL[AUW]'  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:print tone more pronounced at upper edge and corners, and at lower right corner  
Note on foul biting:particularly around edges and corners; splattering of acid in sky at upper right; also pitting in form of dashes in upper right and light speckling of smaller pits (not regular)  
Print note:mottled effect from wiping at upper edge  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1860.'  
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:'K.66' on verso in lower right corner  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660328  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.