86The ForgeBirmingham Museum and Art GalleryAccession no: 598'04 State: 5/6 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | One of 15 etchings purchased and presented by the Trustees of the Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham, June 1904. |
| Paper size: | 265 x 402 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 195 x 316 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | medium weight, heavily sized, very little texture, fibres uniform - described in museum records as 'Imperial Japan' |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is heavy tone particularly at the left around the furnace but wiped cleanly to suggest the brightness of the furnace itself and its glare on the figures. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is a spotted, mottled effect throughout and slight reticulation of ink at the right side. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' ( 't' not crossed) |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W63 / K68 III The Forge' on recto, at lower left |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0680337 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.