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Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEYG
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Mrs Henry Draper to the New York Public Library.  

 

Paper size:155 x 262 mm  
Plate mark size:n/a mm  
Other size:126 x 242 mm  
Note on size:the platemark is indecipherable  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light area of tone, which is what is measured as other  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:sharply printed detail  

 

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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
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:'20 Jan. 08'; 'Mrs Draper' on verso; 'Whistler's first plate' on recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0010124  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.