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Rotherhithe

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.223
State: 6/6

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:S. H. Nazeby Harrington (b. 1862), Birkenhead, UK. William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:406 x 290 mm  
Plate mark size:275 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a stuck down at corners  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone  
Note on foul biting:spots in sky  
Print note:quite rich inking and burr particularly in beam  

 

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: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:'HNH' in circle stamped in red and black recto (S. H. Nazeby Harrington, Lugt 1337, 1348 or 1349); 'wpc jr' in graphite pencil recto  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660310  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.