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Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

British Museum
Accession no: 1903.05.16.1
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, May 1903.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA49061  

 

Paper size:147 x 259 mm  
Plate mark size:146 x 261 mm  
Other size:127 x 242 image mm  
Note on size:trimmed sheet - image 127 x 242  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:beige pale  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove?  
Note on the paper:thin, maybe india  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:A tiny spot or blemish at the bottom right.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'JW'  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0010108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.