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95

Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: 24767.15
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:No. 15 'Early Morning (Battersea)' in 'A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames' bought from Ellis & Green, London, by South Kensington Museum, 26 May 1871 for £12.12.0 for the set.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1B  

 

Paper size:138 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:113 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:there are some fragments of fibre/wood  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'[DE] ERVEN D BLAUW'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light residual tone  
Note on foul biting:a little texturing at the bottom and tiny line along the edge  
Print note:very light, somewhat soft, cool impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler - ' ['t' not crossed]  
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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'VAM' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0750123  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.