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Ratcliffe Highway

British Museum
Accession no: 1872-07-13-410
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:'Sketch of figures by the River' bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50244  

 

Paper size:187 x 257 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 223 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight - almost laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, more top left corner and smudge at bottom right and a finger print at the corner of the plate!  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:good impression with very strong burr - note heads upside down  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0800104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.