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Speke Hall: The Avenue

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 10617
State: 6/14

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 38979). Purchased from Kennedy Galleries, New York, June 1987, $6,000.  

 

Paper size:328 x 216 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 151 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, 'antique' laid paper. There are sew holes on the left from its original binding.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:hunting horn, with monogram 'WR' underneath  
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:There is an area of foul biting near the signature and minor pitting elsewhere.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1870.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Speke Hall.'  
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:On verso, at lower left corner, in brown ink: '[?] Hallat 448' ('A48' according to museum records).  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 38979' on verso, at lower left corner  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.96 IV Speke Hall (No. 1)' on recto, at lower left; 'NUMBER 25416', 'Stock Number: 122468.0001' on mount, printed sticker.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0960403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.