50Eagle WharfBritish MuseumAccession no: 1866-10-13-608 State: 1/1 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold to the British Museum, London, 1866. |
Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49925 |
Paper size: | 213 x 326 mm |
Plate mark size: | 136 x 215 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | greenish off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | medium weight |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | n/a |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light overall tone, slightly more at the bottom corners |
Note on foul biting: | a few specks and flecks, particulaly in the bottom right corner |
Print note: | The ink is an unusual warm shade, but the tone is not emphasized. There are possibly some burnishing marks in the sky, possibly eliminating scratches |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards: 'TYZAC, WHITELEY & Co.', 'W. BROWN / SAIL Maker / SHIPOWNER', 'EAGLE / 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: | n/a |
Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0410112 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.