78MillbankScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 873 State: 2/5 |
| 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. 1729 |
| Paper size: | 260 x 325 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 123 mm |
| Note on size: | Slightly rough edges |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | Off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very pale |
| Note on foul biting: | At the bottom right corner, only at the edge |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | see Inscription |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[D]ELIGHT 1861' on barge; 'The Works of James Whistler - Etchings and Dry Points, are / on View at E. Thomas' Publisher / 39. Old Bond Street' |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '4' in pen on verso; '1st state without/ London/ very rare', 'Trial Proof' on recto; '...sixteen etchings …' etc, rubbed out on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0710205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.