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The Forge

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Accession no: 598'04
State: 5/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:One of 15 etchings purchased and presented by the Trustees of the Public Picture Gallery Fund, Birmingham, June 1904.  

 

Paper size:265 x 402 mm  
Plate mark size:195 x 316 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:medium weight, heavily sized, very little texture, fibres uniform - described in museum records as 'Imperial Japan'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is heavy tone particularly at the left around the furnace but wiped cleanly to suggest the brightness of the furnace itself and its glare on the figures.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:There is a spotted, mottled effect throughout and slight reticulation of ink at the right side.  

 

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:'W63 / K68 III The Forge' on recto, at lower left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0680337  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.