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Billingsgate

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: M20498

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Robert Winthrop  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Arthur Harlow Gall, NY; given by Robert Winthrop to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:214 x 293 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 223 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:thin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:crowned dragon [?] over PF  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The impression is a little pale.  

 

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:Label: '19372 / ARTHUR H HARLOW & CO / RARE ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS / 712 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK'  
Collector's mark:verso, square stamp with monogram 'AHHCo' (Arthur H. Harlow & Co)  
Dealers' stock nos:'B 8551-42' on recto; '19372' verso (the latter is Harlow's number, repeated on the label  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0470z17  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.