46Thames WarehousesColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.438 State: 1/5 |
Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Fine Art Society, London; bought by Peter Lunder, 8 July 2004; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
Additional acq. no: | 045.2004 |
Paper size: | 206 x 342 mm |
Plate mark size: | 76 x 203 mm |
Other size: | 75 x 204 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | tan |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine |
Note on the paper: | Mounted on thick cream wove. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | none |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | pen and brown ink (buildings left edge; hull and shadow of foreground boat; but added at right; possible traces of black chalk in sky?) |
Print tone: | clean wiped |
Note on foul biting: | texturing and ? Aquatint around and on the boats; roulette work. |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859.' and, on buildings, 'FREDK [superscript 'K'] VINK & Co [superscript 'o'] / ROPE & SAIL MAKERS', 'SMITH & SON. / HERMITAGE COAL WHARF', 'HO[A]RES WHARF' |
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: | '5 x 10 / 12 3/4 x 17 3/4 / A. Josephson / S. M. Wills & Co. / 54 Broadway' on recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0380001 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.