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Sketching

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: NAL 55.C.2
State: 5/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Published in "Passages from Modern English Poets. Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club", 1862, pl. 7; H. H. Harrod (exlibris); given to the NAL.  

 

Paper size:165 x 234 mm  
Plate mark size:120 x 166 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):card  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:very fine pitting across foreground river bank  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:upper right corner 'PL.45.'; lower margin 'London. Published December 1st 1861 by Day & Son. Lith. to the Queen.'; lower right corner 'J. Whistler'  
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:verso crowned red oval stamp 'Victoria and Albert Museum - Library' (not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0860z04  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.