48LimehouseBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1996.48.12325 State: 4/6 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
Provenance: | George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996. |
Paper size: | 245 x 339 mm |
Plate mark size: | 127 x 200 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light overall tone |
Note on foul biting: | light, overall, with more at the bottom right and left lower edge. |
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 light red to bottom right of platemark |
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: | 'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '8' in circle at top right on recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0400306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.