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Billingsgate

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46738
State: 9/9

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Possibly passed by family descent to Whistler's great-nephew, Joseph Whistler Revillon (1886-1955); bequeathed to the University of Glasgow, 1955.  

 

Paper size:209 x 273 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 227 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:Very light weight.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a very slight print tone.  
Note on foul biting:There is minor foul biting at the edges and light pitting in the foreground water. There is a regular imprint in the sky, possibly from the scrim.  
Print note:Note that Kennedy's 7th and 8th states are the same: the diagonal lines in the sky are worn but still visible under magnification; they are not removed in a separate 8th state.  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Billingsgate' on verso, at lower edge, below platemark  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470802  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.