1Sketches on the Coast Survey PlateMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.1 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916); bought with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 262 x 415 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 144 x 256 mm |
| Other size: | 130 x 245 image mm |
| Note on size: | The platemark is not clear |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'MBM' twice |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | A few dots in the bottom half |
| Print note: | A good clear impression. |
| 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: | Whistler was not dismissed from the Coast Survey for doing this etching! |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler's first etching. For doing this he was dismissed from the Coast Survey - '; '8'; '20 -'; in various hands. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0010109 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.