70RotherhitheMuseum Boijmans van Beuningen, RotterdamAccession no: OB. 1665 State: 6/6 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Adriaan Jacobus Domela Nieuwenhuis (1850-1935), Amsterdam; given to the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1923. |
| Paper size: | 384 x 259 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 275 x 200 mm |
| Note on size: | soft bevel |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| 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: | very light tone; very clean wiped, bright area to left of and behind the left man, so that the river looks very bright |
| Note on foul biting: | scatter of dots like rockets across the sky to right. |
| Print note: | a good impression, with burr on the men's caps and hair, and on the shadow of the man on the left, as well as on the cravat of the man on the right, and rich touches in the edge of the masts, the vertical pillar and top of the window. |
| 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: | 'DNB' stamp ( Domela Nieuwehuis, Lugt. 356B) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler - Rotherhithe' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0660344 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.