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The Little Rotherhithe

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 867
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Presented by Mr Thomas Barclay to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1911.  
Additional acq. no:P.125  

 

Paper size:308 x 193 mm  
Plate mark size:124 x 101 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:Dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Looks like a sheet from a book - thin, browned, oatmealy, some fragments of fibre  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Lion unicorn & coat of arms under big bulbous crown  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:A few dots at the bottom right corner  
Print note:A good impression, with very light retrousage. Drypoint was used for the reflection and shading on the central boat and possibly at the horizon  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler / 1861.'  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'21' or 'N' and '02796' [?] on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Printed by J. McN. Whistler Dec 23. 1877 in his studio for W.G.R' inscription rubbed out under platemark on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0730205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.