86The ForgeBritish MuseumAccession no: 1874-06-13-527 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1874. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50208 |
| Paper size: | 233 x 359 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 194 x 322 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese l |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | lots of fibrous marks across main figure and area. Looks very strange. Strong burr on left edge, behind smith, behind anvil and on signature |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1861.' ( 't' not crossed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0680311 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.