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Sketching

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: Circ.597-1968
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London  
Provenance:Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1968.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1C  

 

Paper size:208 x 239 mm  
Plate mark size:120 x 167 mm  
Note on size:paper was trimmed: cutting marks in pencil partly visible on edges  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):cardboard  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:none  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting across foreground  
Print note:lines in the sky very slight  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' ('t' not crossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:upper right 'PL.45'; lower right 'J. Whistler.'  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:former inscription 'London, Published December 1st' etc. erased  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0860408  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.