50Eagle WharfBritish MuseumAccession no: 1929-12-14-3 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Arthur Haythorne Studd (1863-1919), London; bequeathed to the British Museum, London, 1929. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49933 |
| Paper size: | 167 x 243 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 137 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light grey overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | light flecks and dots |
| Print note: | Faint criss-cross-hatching all over the sky. The right corner (mast and spar) have been largely blanked out, and do not print much. There is an odd line in the centre, possibly above the pier or beyond it where there is a diagonal pole; there is a diagonal line crossing it that does not seem to be in anything else. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards: 'TYZAC, WHITELEY & Co.', 'W. BROWN / SAIL Maker / SHIPOWNER', 'EAGLE / WHARF' |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0410110 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.