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Billingsgate

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 845
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:P.1750  

 

Paper size:220 x 305 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 224 mm  
Other size:image 149 x 222 mm  
Note on size:rough edges at bottom and left, taken from a book  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:heavy weight, browned  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:Black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light, even, grey tone overall, possibly a layer of tone laid down separately, within the platemark  
Note on foul biting:In the sky  
Print note:Densely black, losing detail in the sail and boats slightly; it has a grainy overall effect.  

 

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 K47 III p1750' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470806  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.