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Hurlingham

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 1582
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Bequeathed by James Smith (of Blundellsands)  
Image credit:  
Provenance:James Smith (1831-1923), Blundellsands; bequeathed to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1923.  
Additional acq. no:BW 640  

 

Paper size:203 x 274 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 202 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight, 'antique' laid paper, flecked with brown fibres.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:The print tone is light, fairly even, though slightly darker at the edges.  
Note on foul biting:There is pitting, particularly in the water and around the sails.  
Print note:There is careful use of retroussage in the sails, boats and reflections, giving a deep inky effect.  

 

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:'2875 J', 'IN 1582', '37' on recto, at lower edge.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1810309  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.