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Thames Warehouses

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.460
State: 4b/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Frederick Goulding (1842-1909), London. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 11882). H. O. Havemayer, New York. [Yale University, New Haven, CT.] Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111819  

 

Paper size:142 x 272 mm  
Plate mark size:76 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'J WHATMAN' (partial)  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:  
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:'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham).  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 11882' on recto, at lower left  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Thames Wharehouses k38' on recto, at lower left; 'ef' on recto, at lower left, in pencil.  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K0380z04  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.