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Chelsea

National Maritime Museum
Accession no: PAF 5490

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:  

 

Paper size:203 x 279 mm  
Plate mark size:130 x 206 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove paper  
Note on the paper:japanned paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even overall tone  
Note on foul biting:dots, texture below the barge  
Print note:The black ink looks warm brown on this paper. There is very little sky.  

 

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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:butterfly of 1878/1879 on plate  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1820223  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.