UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Home > The Catalogue > Impression

Return to previous page

46

Thames Warehouses

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.11649
State: 4c/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:101 x 228 mm  
Plate mark size:76 x 203 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
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:Very light tone.  
Note on foul biting:Complex texturing.  
Print note:Effective and manipulated tone and/or aquatint.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.' (faint)  
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:'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'3', 'no 35', '3' encircled , '35' encircled , all on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0380208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.