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Longshore men

British Museum
Accession no: 1872-07-13-391
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:'The Long shore men' bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA49991  

 

Paper size:202 x 268 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 224 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:residual tone, particularly at top and bottom right  
Note on foul biting:a little at thecorners and right side, and some texturing at right  
Print note:A warm black ink, with a tiny blot at the top left corner; very light burr or retroussage. Note faint zig-zag shading over the fireplace at left, which looks as if it has been suppressed (varnished or rubbed down).  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler - 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:K0450111  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.