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Eagle Wharf

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession no: P.2090-R
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK  
Provenance:Given by Mrs T. H. Riches to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, September 1923.  

 

Paper size:138 x 215 mm  
Plate mark size:135 x 212 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:hand made  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light uneven tone.  
Note on foul biting:dots and flecks  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Proof printed by J. Whistler / Given by him to a friend from whome I received it - 1873 - INM' [?]  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0410116  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.