53Thames PoliceScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 856 State: 2/6 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Presented by Thomas Barclay to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1911. |
| Additional acq. no: | P. 124 |
| Paper size: | 365 x 267 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | Off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Browned within mount, heavy weight paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | A little foul biting at the bottom left corner |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859 .' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards: 'THAMES POLICE.' ; 'WAPPING WHARF / YORKSHIRE BOTTLE COMPANY' |
| 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: | 'Wapping Wharf. K 44II P124' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0440308 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.