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Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Accession no: BdeH. 236

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:J. H. de Bois (b. 1878), Haarlem. 'Vlg v. Stockum', The Hague, 23 June 1917 (no. 170) for 50 guilders; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.  

 

Paper size:174 x 182 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 149 mm  
Note on size: rough edge at bottom and right  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
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:  
Print note:rather faint, delicate impression with indication of unpolished plate areas, distinct soft grainy dotting to left  

 

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:circular stamp 'DBS' (J. H. de Bois, Lugt 733); stamp 'AW' or 'WAD' etc, both on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Cadogan Pier' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0750143  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.