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Billingsgate

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 911
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Alistair Trevor Clark to the National Gallery of Scotland, 2005; received 2009.  
Additional acq. no:P.3135.5  

 

Paper size:258 x 492 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:heavy weight paper, grey in the middle  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:acid drops and foul biting at edges  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:'D5632.6' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470z38  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.