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The Little Rotherhithe

British Museum
Accession no: 1863-10-17-176
State: 2/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Purchased from Whistler by the British Museum, London, 1863.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50236  

 

Paper size:196 x 139 mm  
Plate mark size:124 x 102 mm  
Other size:wove sheet 254 x 189 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine collé japanese tissue laid down on wove  
Note on the paper:a few fibres  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone  
Note on foul biting:a few dots at bottom particularly bottom right corner and towards bottom left corner and edges  
Print note:fine impression: one tiny bare spot at top of sky  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler / 1861.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
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:'n', written over '11' or vice versa - above top right of image - possibly JW  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0730101  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.