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Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Accession no: 563'04
State: 2/2

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:169 x 179 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 149 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light/medium weight, sized, very fine even fibres - japanese according to museum records  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark grey  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a medium plate tone that is slightly more pronounced in sky where it creates sense of drama.  
Note on foul biting:Although this is not an etching, there is a pitting effect at the lower left.  
Print note:There are some stray fibres that have affected the printing.  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W79 /K75' on recto, at lower left; '9' on verso, at lower right.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0750151  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.