74The Little RotherhitheHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46758 State: 4/4 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
Paper size: | 243 x 200 mm |
Plate mark size: | 125 x 101 mm |
Note on size: | The sheet is uneven. |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching (and drypoint?) |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | slight pitting throughout |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | retroussage evident notably on boat moored at right |
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: | no |
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: | 'K. 73 / III Little Wapping' by Harold Wright below platemark at bottom left . Inscription on verso, difficult to read : 'on a board In Larger / […]'; 'Stuck at each corner'; '[…] on 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 Bard at Easner'? |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0730304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.