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Rotherhithe

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: 24767.5
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:No. 5 'Wapping' in 'A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames' bought from Ellis & Green, London, by South Kensington Museum, 26 May 1871 for £12.12.0 for the set.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1B  

 

Paper size:296 x 220 mm  
Plate mark size:278 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:some light tone in the corners, most pronounced in upper left  
Note on foul biting:pitting on parapet and left man's shirt; larger pits in right half of sky  
Print note:soft drypoint on the boat between the men, richer burr on the hat, but not really strong burr  

 

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:V&A circular blind stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660339  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.