70RotherhitheFogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: G5716 |
Collection credit: | Fogg Art Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | E. H. Gray or Greenleaf. Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. |
Paper size: | 296 x 220 mm |
Plate mark size: | 276 x 199 mm |
Note on size: | There is a margin round the image. |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | modern laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | DE ERVEN Dk BLAUW |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Pretty cleanly wiped, some upper left corner, lower right corner |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | A good impression with some burr; the drypoint on the small boat in the mid-foreground is still soft; pretty snappy, well inked |
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: | 'E.H.G' in pencil, practically illegible, on verso |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'E.H.G.' [Greenleaf according to Fogg staff] |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0660311 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.