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78

Millbank

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession 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.