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The Forge

McManus Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee
Accession no: 272-1987-331
State: 4/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © McManus Galleries & Museum  
Provenance:James Guthrie Orchar (1825-1898), Dundee; Trustees of the Orchar Gallery, Dundee; Orchar Collection, McManus Art Galleries and Museum, Dundee.  

 

Paper size:over 210 x 325 mm  
Plate mark size:195 x 313 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian  
Note on the paper:tissue, a little glossy  
Tab?:No  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone but pale at upper left and upper right edge and some of the bottom- slight bevel.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Burr on the forge at left abd round the anvil and above the smith and the lad's hat behind him, and on the 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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:No  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):n/a  
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  
ID:K0680z04  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.