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Greenhithe

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49956
State: C/4

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972.  

 

Paper size:251 x 376 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 225 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Van Gelder, in script  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, particularly in the sky and sea, on the left side  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:cancelled state; burr gone; flecks of ink throughout.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:'K165', lower left corner; 'W135', lower right corner; inscription rubbed out, '[…] The Thames towards Erith'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1650505  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.