74The Little RotherhitheScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 867 State: 4/4 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Presented by Mr Thomas Barclay to the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1911. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.125 |
| Paper size: | 308 x 193 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 124 x 101 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | Dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Looks like a sheet from a book - thin, browned, oatmealy, some fragments of fibre |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Lion unicorn & coat of arms under big bulbous crown |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | A few dots at the bottom right corner |
| Print note: | A good impression, with very light retrousage. Drypoint was used for the reflection and shading on the central boat and possibly at the horizon |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler / 1861.' |
| 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: | '21' or 'N' and '02796' [?] on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Printed by J. McN. Whistler Dec 23. 1877 in his studio for W.G.R' inscription rubbed out under platemark on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0730205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.