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Thames Warehouses

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: R222NA

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, John Witt Randall Fund  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Acquired by the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:119 x 247 mm  
Plate mark size:76 x 202 mm  
Note on size:broad margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped with slightest tone at left  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A very good impression.  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
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:The small pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0380z01  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.