48LimehouseGlasgow MuseumsAccession no: PR.1920.6.io |
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Image credit: | |
Provenance: | John Innes (1859-1929), Glasgow; presented to Glasgow Museums in 1920. |
Paper size: | 171 x 314 mm |
Plate mark size: | 126 x 203 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'antique' |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | residual tone only |
Note on foul biting: | extensive |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1859.' |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '...UR MAC…' above the bow window at upper 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): | 'F. Goulding Imp.' |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Proof from Copper surface - previous to re-steeling - May 1894 F. Goulding Imp.' , 'Limehouse K40iii', '7314V', '20-8 6/io' [?] all on recto in pencil; Museum numbers in pen. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0400z30 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.