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Rotherhithe

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 1782
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:James Smith (1831-1923), Blundellsands; bequeathed to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1923.  
Additional acq. no:BW 645  

 

Paper size:297 x 221 mm  
Plate mark size:276 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:stuck down on a backing sheet.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Unable to examine properly.  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light print tone that is slightly more pronounced towards the upper left and lower right corners and in the sky. There are also acid spots in the sky.  
Note on foul biting:There is pitting in the foreground and upper corners.  
Print note:  

 

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:Unable to examine verso as stuck down on secondary support.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660z05  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.