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139

Speke Shore

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 2
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:Atherton Curtis (1863-1944), Paris (no. 4931); given in 1943 to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Additional acq. no:D.07374  

 

Paper size:199 x 287 mm  
Plate mark size:154 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:paper has a somewhat 'fluffy' surface, laid lines barely visible  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven light residual tone; patchy in certain areas  
Note on foul biting:virtually none, some pitting in sky and grass  
Print note:  

 

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:recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / grey stamp lower right corner 'D.07374'  
Dealers' stock nos:'A.C.4931' lower right corner  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Speke Shore 35 …'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1440403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.