86The ForgeNational Gallery of AustraliaAccession no: 78.454 State: 4/6 |
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Provenance: | Royal Library Windsor. Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978. |
Additional acq. no: | 111807 |
Paper size: | 214 x 341 mm |
Plate mark size: | 194 x 318 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | medium weight and trimmed, leaving a small border around platemark. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Watermark, central, vertically: 'DE ERVEN D. BLAUW' |
Medium: | drypoint |
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Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
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Print note: |
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: | |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
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Collector's mark: | 'VR' crowned, oval stamp (Royal Library, Windsor, Lugt 2535) on verso; 'CCC' trefoil stamp on verso in brown ink (C.C. Cunningham). |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'c 41584' on verso, at lower left. |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'DB#8' on recto, at lower left; 'L63' at lower right. |
Source of information: | Museum records |
ID: | K0680z09 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.