48LimehouseBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1984.6 State: 3/6 |
Collection credit: | Gift of Henry Burke, Baltimore, in Memory of Alberta Burke |
Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Given by Henry G. Burke, Baltimore, to the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1984. |
Paper size: | 260 x 365 mm |
Plate mark size: | 126 x 299 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'antique', darkened and yellowed |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | |
Medium: | etching, saltground, drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone |
Note on foul biting: | foul biting and texturing on the boats and buildings |
Print note: |
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: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0400z01 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.