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78

Millbank

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: Circ.13-1912
State: 5/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bought from E. Parsons & Sons, 45 Brompton Road, London S.W., by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on 2 December 1911 (accessioned 1912).  
Additional acq. no:EE.1C  

 

Paper size:151 x 205 mm  
Plate mark size:100 x 125 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:hard paper, top/right edges torn, bottom/left edges cut  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light residual tone; slightly darker on right edge; some tone on boat's stern and in top left corner  
Note on foul biting:-  
Print note:traces of the burnished-out inscription on the plate (cf. earlier states)  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'[D]ELIGHT / 1861' on barge  
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:The inscription evidently states the wrong title.  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:verso bottom right: 'CIRC. 13-1912'; bottom right in brown ink: '360'; in black-blue ink: 'W 213'; recto lower left: 'The Little Pool' [sic!], lower right: '12 1/2 x 13 1/2'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0710523  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.