78MillbankUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1998/2.13 |
Collection credit: | Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund |
Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Given by Whistler to David Roberts, London. Bought by the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998. |
Paper size: | 303 x 223 mm |
Plate mark size: | |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | tan |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | colour is probably cream discoloured to tan |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone on the sky, particularly at right, and along the side plate edges |
Note on foul biting: | a distinct file or vise mark at lower right corner |
Print note: |
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: | recto , lower right: 'David Roberts. R.A. / With the compliments of / J. Whistler.' |
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: | '714' and 'M - MM' at lower left on the verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0710z04 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.