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Thames Police

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: M12119

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 43982). Given by Edwin de Turck Bechtel (1880-1957) to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:185 x 244 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 221 mm  
Note on size:margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slightest overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A good impression.  

 

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:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 43982' on verso,  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0440z09  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.