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Rotherhithe

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 2/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Possibly J.A. Rose; his sale, Sotheby's, 27 June 1876 (lot 705). Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:386 x 308 mm  
Plate mark size:272 x 197 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper: ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:browned  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:touched proof, dark brown ink wash on hull of boat at centre and lighter wash on smaller hull to left of it  
Print tone:very light residual tone; the shirts of the men in foreground printed with tone  
Note on foul biting:spots in the sky  
Print note:corner loss top right, browned within mat, rough edge at bottom  

 

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:'Whistler -' and butterfly at lower right recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Touched proof- ' at lower left recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.