96Battersea ReachPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: C/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the present owner from Christie's, London, October 1983. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1863.-' ('l' crossed, 't' uncrossed) |
| 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: | "Battersea Reach" / Plate overbitten & destroyed - / finally entrusted to Mr. C. A. Howell that experiments / should be made in removing the erasures - but not / since heard of - If proofs are circulated of this plate in / a restored … [see nb] [on v] |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1884/1890 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Note that Whistler openly discussed removal of cancellation ('erasures') as was the case with several other plates issued in the Fine Art Society's set from cancelled plates |
| Collector's mark: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | old pen inscriptions on verso; also inscribed 'W.W' at lower right on verso in 'Whistler's hand-- could this indicate William Whistler? |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records |
| ID: | K0900209 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.