156Steamboats off the TowerMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 40.63.7 State: 3/4 |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Harold K. Hochschild, 1940 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a39363). Given by Harold K. Hochschild (1892-1981) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940. |
| Paper size: | 213 x 276 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' (post 1800) |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | flecks at right |
| Print note: | burr on ship |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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: | 'HHB' stamp verso (H.H. Benedict) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 39363' on verso; '64592' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'max -' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1490306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.