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The Forge

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 872
State: 4/6

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.1730  

 

Paper size:215 x 342 mm  
Plate mark size:195 x 317 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:Off white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam 'DEDS' (Bricked arch etc.)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Strong burr on the smith, the hat of the man behind the smith, the shadow of the anvil, signature, forge etc  

 

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: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:'PDC 19498', 'P1730' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0680318  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.