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48

Limehouse

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 682
State: 4/6

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:P.1747  

 

Paper size:149 x 224 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 202 mm  
Note on size:Platemark rather flattened  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'DE ERVEN DE BLAUW'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Very very light overall tone, a bit speckled  
Note on foul biting:Tiny flecks - but a lot of texture at the bottom right corner.  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'19 arbam' (?) on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0400315  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.