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Rotherhithe

Grafische Sammlung der Albertina, Vienna
Accession no: DG1908/350
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Purchased for RM 207.- from Ludwig Gutbier (Galerie Ernst Arnold), Dresden, by the k. k. Hofbibliothek, Vienna, 1908; transferred to the Albertina in 1921.  

 

Paper size:297 x 220 mm  
Plate mark size:276 x 199 mm  
Note on size:appears to have been trimmed after printing  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:unidentified complex watermark (party inaccessible), probably Beehive  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light even tone, strongly emphasised tone in beams and riggings blurring lines  
Note on foul biting:foul biting in sky  
Print note:steely  

 

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:no  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:recto lower right corner 'R10672'  
Misc inscriptions by others:on mount 'sehr schöner Druck' (very nice impression); recto lower margin '1908-350', upper left corner '2'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0660z19  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.