82The PuntDetroit Institute of ArtsAccession no: 45.411 |
Collection credit: | Bequest of Hal H. Smith. |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Bequeathed by Hal G. Smith to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1945. |
Paper size: | 163 x 235 mm |
Plate mark size: | 120 x 166 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | virtually none |
Note on foul biting: | areas of clustered fine pitting, particularly around signature and boat |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler / 1861' (cut off, lower left corner) |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'London, Published December 1st. 1861, by Day & Son, Lith. to the Queen.'; 'j. Whistler.'; 'PL. 7.' |
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: | 'c 4146', on recto, lower right |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '64 x 46 C6' [?] recto lower left edge; '15.-' on recto, lower right |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0850405 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.