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Eagle Wharf

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 210-1903
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1903, together with an impression of 'Millbank', £11 for the two.  

 

Paper size:268 x 368 mm  
Plate mark size:138 x 213 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:unidentified watermark  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even residual tone  
Note on foul biting:fine and loose scattered pitting across plate  
Print note:the face is not as muddily printed as often the case; greasy grey spots oat right between barge and boat  

 

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:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:recto lower left 'W39.'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0410127  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.