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Millbank

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Accession no: 599'04
State: 4/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:One of 15 etchings purchased and presented by the Trustees of the Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham, June 1904.  

 

Paper size:194 x 275 mm  
Plate mark size:101 x 126 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:very light weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light overall print tone.  
Note on foul biting:There are a few very minor pits and grip marks from a tool at the lower right.  
Print note:There is a stipple effect in the etched lines in the sky.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:see Inscription  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'[D]ELIGHT 1861' on barge; 'The Works of James Whistler - Etchings and Dry Points, are / on View at E. Thomas' Publisher / 39. Old Bond Street / London' ('London' looks like it has been added later)  
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:'W67 / K71 III Millbank' on recto, at lower left; '593' (encircled) on recto, at lower left, below platemark, in red crayon  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0710316  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.