181ChelseaMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.488 State: 5 reproduction?/5 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: |
| Paper size: | 161 x 268 mm |
| Plate mark size: | none mm |
| Other size: | 132 x 202 image mm |
| Note on size: | platemark inside image |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | card |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | heliogravure |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light grey even background, possibly laid on before printing. |
| Note on foul biting: | tiiny flecks |
| Print note: | A reproduction? No platemark visible. It looks good, with soft burr on the piers; line around image. |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '6648 c' (?) on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '219' on recto; '7' and other illegible note on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1820303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.