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Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

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

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Admiral Klauber; given to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York, in 1901; given to New York Public Library.  

 

Paper size:125 x 244 mm  
Plate mark size:196 x 306 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Japan, dots of fibre and stems  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light even tone  
Note on foul biting:  
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:'Presented to the S. P. Avery collection of prints by Ad[miral] Klauber. Dec 1901' ; 'John Ross Key told [JW?] May 25/07/ that he owned this plate for 40 years & then sold it to Keppel.' both on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0010125  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.