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Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession no: 30.43
State: 1/1

Collection credit:City of Detroit Purchase.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought by the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1930.  

 

Paper size:260 x 420 mm  
Plate mark size:145 x 260 mm  
Note on size:gap between plate mark and ink mark (130 x 246)  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'MBM' (x 2)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light and even  
Note on foul biting:acid spot at the lower right corner; foul biting around the figures  
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:signed at lower left of coast line scene along upper edge  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'SN 7358.4' on recto in lower right margin  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Whistler's first etching. Done while in the service of the United States Coast Survey. From J. Keppel.' on recto at lower edge.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0010114  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.