165From BillingsgateNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8503 State: 1/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | T.W. Walker. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10566 |
| Paper size: | 208 x 343 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 148 x 227 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Beehive DEDB [light not good enough to see details mh] |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light irregular tone |
| Note on foul biting: | tiny spots in sky |
| Print note: | With distinct traces of old masts and yards at left (mostly scraped out) |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'T.W.W. [not in Lugt, gothic letters]; TW Walker; 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b); T.W. [not in Lugt]; |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler. / K168i Sketch from Billingsgate' lower left on recto by Harold Wright; 'of I' lower right on recto; '1st state-', lower right on recto by Seymour Haden? 'B.322' lower right on recto; '?' upper left on recto; '19' lower centre on verso; 'Whistler / Haden' lower right on verso ('Haden' erased) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1680103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.