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Thames Warehouses

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:95 right-99 left x 257 mm  
Plate mark size:77 x 202 mm  
Note on size:Rough bottom edge, very rough at right, probably from a book.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:Darkened to buff at the right edge.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:Texturing around and on the foreground boat.  
Print note:Conforms to Kennedy's first state, but his second state may be the result of wear rather than conscious work on the plate.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859.' and, on buildings, 'FREDK [superscript 'K'] VINK & Co [superscript 'o'] / ROPE & SAIL MAKERS', 'SMITH & SON. / HERMITAGE COAL WHARF', 'HO[A]RES WHARF'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' in pencil on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Thames Warehouses' possibly by Whistler on recto  
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:'35' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0380101  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.