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Thames Police

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Accession no: 78.113
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Bequest of Lelia Blair Northrup  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bequest of Lelia Blair Northrup to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA in 1978.  

 

Paper size:289 x 362 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 226 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:darkened within the mount  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:  
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:'3444' or '3777' , '212' on recto  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0440z13  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.