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Limehouse

Syracuse University Art Galleries
Accession no: 1997.0033
State: 3/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Colnaghi's, London (stock no. c.4739). Jonathan Greenberg, Inc., purchased by the Syracuse University Art Galleries 1997.  

 

Paper size:166 x 235 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:yellowed in the centre, 'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:illegible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone particularly at bottom  
Note on foul biting:extensive, including flecks and texture in sky  
Print note:drypoint faint  

 

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:'7680' recto; ' c.4739' recto; 'W37H40' verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'22' recto. '39', '2' verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0400z23  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.