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Billingsgate

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 1986.1180.1591
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1986  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Grace M. Pugh (1894-1985) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986.  

 

Paper size:210 x 308 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 225 mm  
Other size:image 150 x 223 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:darkened and darkened within mat  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arches  
Medium:etching and drypoint?  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Tone overall a bit odd, matt tone and in platemark textured.  
Note on foul biting:Flecks and texture.  
Print note:  

 

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:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'6 1/4 9 1/4 / 5 1/2 5' (?) on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470727  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.