48LimehouseHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46730 State: 5/6 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler's great-nephew, Joseph Whistler Revillon (1886-1955) to the University of Glasgow, 1955. |
Paper size: | 178/183 x 250 mm |
Plate mark size: | 127 x 199 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian wove |
Note on the paper: | Very refined, light weight, shiny, almost transparent; pasted down onto tissue, possibly originally gampi; adhesive coming through so that ink looks greyish, misty. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Residual plate tone. |
Note on foul biting: | Manipulative pitting in foreground on the right, less on the left. |
Print note: | The print has a partly glossy appearance where the paper did not allow the ink to sink in. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1859' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '...UR MAC…' above the bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on the signboard in the background. |
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: | Any potential dots in the signature are unrecognisable because the area is heavily pitted |
Collector's mark: | recto, lower left: light brown stamp 'CS' in a circle |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Limehouse no. 5370' on verso, bottom of platemark |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0400304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.