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48

Limehouse

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
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:248 x 332 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:laid lines conspicuous  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:partial, horned crown  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black (warm)  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light, even tone, looking brown  
Note on foul biting:extensive texturing  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'...UR MAC…' above the bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on the signboard in the background.  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler -' in pencil on recto  
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:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'37\1' at top left; '1st state' / 'Limehouse' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0400201  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.