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Billingsgate

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 65.076
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Museum Associates Purchase Fund  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance: Acquired with Museum Associates Fund by Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965.  

 

Paper size:210 x 272 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 227 mm  
Note on size:rough edge at right  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall  
Note on foul biting:scattered dots, particularly acid spots in sky  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470804  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.