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Landscape with Horses

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 1578
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Presented by Dr H. Nazeby Harrington  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Dr H. Nazeby Harrington, Birkenhead, to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.  
Additional acq. no:BW 467  

 

Paper size:238 x 301 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 203 mm  
Note on size:The lower edge is ragged and uneven.  
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.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light print tone. It is slightly more pronounced in the left middleground.  
Note on foul biting:There is an area of foul biting at the lower edge (curved lines) and pitting throughout. In the middleground there are scrim marks.  
Print note:A rich drypoint burr is maintained in the foreground details. There are roulette marks in the sky.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'2875E', 'IN 1578' on recto, at lower edge.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0360211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.