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Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8396
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York; given to Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10458  

 

Paper size:151 x 263 mm  
Plate mark size:143 x 260 mm  
Note on size:with narrow margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:very fine laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'MBM'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very faint overall plate tone  
Note on foul biting:traces at the lower 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:"Signed at left of upper coast view 'J. W' " ; 'The work on the lower part of the plate indicates deep shoal water' ; 'Whistler's Coast Survey/ Given me by Keppel', in various hands  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0010110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.