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Thames Warehouses

Glasgow Museums
Accession no: PR.1925.26.aq

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by Glasgow Museums in 1925.  

 

Paper size:117 x 251 mm  
Plate mark size:75 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:darkened or soiled at the edges; crackly thin paper.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone only.  
Note on foul biting:grainy texture around the barges.  
Print note:A good clear impression.  

 

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:'3' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0380z16  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.