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Sketching

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 1589

Collection credit:Presented by Mrs J. G. Legge  
Image credit:photography@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk  
Provenance:Given by Mrs J.G. Legge to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, September 1947.  
Additional acq. no:47.122  

 

Paper size:299 x 439 mm  
Plate mark size:120 x 166 mm  
Note on size:chine collĂ© 110 x 156  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream on ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collĂ© on wove  
Note on the paper:Light weight, cream Asian paper on heavy weight, ivory plate paper.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light, fairly even print tone.  
Note on foul biting:A fine granular surface tone is used in the water.  
Print note:Movement of the plate during printing has resulted in double lines and an out-of-focus look. There is drypoint burr in the foreground.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:  
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:'2875 Q', 'IN 1589' on recto, at lower right edge  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0860001  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.