62J. Becquet, SculptorWalker Art Gallery, LiverpoolAccession no: WAG 1584 State: 5/6 |
Collection credit: | Bequeathed by James Smith (of Blundellsands) |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | James Smith (1831-1923), Blundellsands; bequeathed to the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1923. |
Additional acq. no: | BW 648 |
Paper size: | 280 x 217 mm |
Plate mark size: | 256 x 192 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | stuck down on a backing sheet. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Unable to examine properly. |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | There is a light print tone that is slightly darker in the upper corners. |
Note on foul biting: | However, there are marks from where the plate is damaged. |
Print note: | There is a slightly mottled effect from inking. There is an etched design underneath (landscape format as opposed to portrait) of a boating scene with harpoons etc may possibly be by another artist - the delineation of the clouds is quite different from Whistler's. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
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: | Unable to examine verso as stuck down on secondary support. |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '2875L', 'IN 1584' on recto, at lower edge. |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0520320 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.