101Speke Hall: The AvenueMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.66 State: 10/14 |
Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
Paper size: | 335 x 208 mm |
Plate mark size: | 225 x 150 mm |
Note on size: | uneven edges, possibly from book |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid, darkened cream in centre |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone |
Note on foul biting: | a lot of dots particularly at the top |
Print note: | warm black |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1870 -' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Speke Hall -' |
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: | old inscription faded on verso in (latin?); '£ / - / -'; '4 / 4 / -' |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0960702 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.