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Thames Police

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8427
State: 2/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, possibly on 8 August 1927; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10489  

 

Paper size:178 x 241 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 225 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:At lower left, particularly near the lower left corner.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859 -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:on signboards: 'THAMES POLICE.' ; 'WAPPING WHARF / YORKSHIRE BOTTLE COMPANY'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:butterfly  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 65758' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W42. First state, before much drypoint work in the sky.' On recto and '83', partly encircled, on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0440102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.