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101

Speke Hall: The Avenue

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.66
State: 10/14

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:335 x 208 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 150 mm  
Note on size:uneven edges, possibly from book  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid, darkened cream in centre  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:a lot of dots particularly at the top  
Print note:warm black  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:old inscription faded on verso in (latin?); '£ / - / -'; '4 / 4 / -'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0960702  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.