51BillingsgateBowdoin College Museum of ArtAccession no: 1994.10.339 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York; given as a wedding present to David P. Becker's parents, 1932; given by David P. Becker to Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 1994. |
| Paper size: | 208 x 293 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 228 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800) paper. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Quite a good impression giving an effect of depth; note row of etched blobs in the sky |
| 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: | '27936' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'ox' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0470z20 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.