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Greenwich Park

Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Accession no: 1963.431

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Sold at auction, Parke Bernet Galls, New York, December 1939. Given by Miss Susan Dwight Bliss (ca 1882-1966), New York, to Bowdoin College Museum of Art, September 1963.  

 

Paper size:177 x 268 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 203 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' laid (post 1800) paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Initial 'P' [difficult to decipher]  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Moderate plate tone.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
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:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:BCMA rectangular stamp in black ink  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'x 1837 / RI1' on verso; 'Greenwich Park'; possibly 'R U' or [R17] on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0350216  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.