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Limehouse

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 40.2
State: 6/6

Collection credit:Pennell Fund  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress.  

 

Paper size:174 x 254 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 203 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
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:faint traces  
Note on foul biting:Considerable, as usual.  
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):  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:trace of a collector's mark, probably 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J. Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'951' at lower centre recto; '11.' at lower right recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0400345  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.