70RotherhitheBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-388 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50203 |
| Paper size: | 346 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 274 x 195 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove? |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light at the top but a bit more at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | scattering of dots in the sky |
| Print note: | Clear strong print - sky very clear - and burnishing at left and beside pillar - beautiful detail in bricks |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | n/a |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | not on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | not on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | not on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | not on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0660106 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.