71Penny Passengers, LimehouseMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.52 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 198 x 276 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 82 x 209 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | dots |
| Print note: | possibly retroussage, or plate jumped, at left |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1. rt - 21 - x' on recto (the 'rt' superscript ) |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LSD' [?] [like D and $) purple stamp on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'POENITENTIA in Contractab. Bald.l.g'ius.C.de Trans'act:' old pen inscription (concerning a legal treatise) on verso; 'The Penny Boat'; 'Touched proof - shading' on recto 'Differs from 1st State in hair of old lady at right of parasol in foreground and in [?] on vertical line of building directly over her' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0670203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.