14Street at SaverneBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872.07.13.428 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49313 |
| Paper size: | 276 x 221 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 207 x 158 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | blue grey on off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Overall tone, wiped lighter on the lamp and house, opposite where the light falls |
| Note on foul biting: | A little at edges |
| Print note: | There may be some texturing on distant houses but it blends with tone. The shading in sky is a little uneven. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' (almost obscured) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques.' (faint) |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0190303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.