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Millbank

British Museum
Accession no: 1874-06-13-536
State: 4/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1874.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50228  

 

Paper size:173 x 206 mm  
Plate mark size:100 x 124 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):n/a  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:at edge particularly right and bottom right corner; tiny dots  
Print note:platemark nearly cracked from pressure  

 

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 / London'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:not on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:not on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:not on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0710305  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.