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Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

British Museum
Accession no: 1874-06-13-534
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1874.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50238  

 

Paper size:129 x 168 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 150 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove?  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:little dots and freckles and grain particularly on beach and boat  
Note on foul biting:residual, almost none  
Print note:rather faint  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler - ' ['t' not crossed]  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:n/a  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:not on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:not on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:not on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0750111  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.