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Rotherhithe

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W 1197
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Knoedler & Co., New York. Purchased by Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:439 x 290 mm  
Plate mark size:276 x 200 mm  
Note on size:broad margin  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese?  
Note on the paper:'modern' laid (post 1800)? Even texture, pronounced 'chain' lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped, retroussage selectively in darkest areas  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:rich impression with some burr; snappy  

 

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:'BPL' scroll stamp (Merrill Bequest)  
Dealers' stock nos:'MK 22686' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'F.66'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660346  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.