53Thames PoliceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8428 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10490 |
| Paper size: | 216 x 302 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 222 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light plate tone on foreground wharf and land |
| Note on foul biting: | Mostly at lower left, near the plate corner; scattered flecks in the sky and heavy near the other three corners. |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of ca 1888 |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C. 9497' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Thames Police' and '(43)' on recto; 'K. 44 II' (by Harold Wright) on recto; '-/-/s?' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0440209 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.