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Limehouse

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.33
State: 5/6

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:179/187 x 248 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 201 mm  
Note on size:slightly uneven bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:Tissue, uneven edge at bottom.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light  
Note on foul biting:Fairly heavy and speckles in the sky.  
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:no  
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:stamp oval of MMA  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'KHO'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0400312  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.