99Amsterdam, from the TolhuisBritish MuseumAccession no: 1973-09-15-22 State: 2/8 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
Provenance: | Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports). |
Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50375 |
Paper size: | 215 x 328 mm |
Plate mark size: | 131 x 207 mm |
Note on size: | irregular edge |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'antique' (pre-1800) laid, browned within image or layer of tone added |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | a little at the edges |
Note on foul biting: | a few spots and marks at edges |
Print note: | good strong impression, very sharp, (not rich), signs of burnishing vertically at left |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. - 1863.' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'à Amsterdam - Tolhuis.' |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Amsterdam -' on recto possibly in chalk or crayon |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | no |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '3 [?] gs.', '2', '5' on recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0910107 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.