57A Sketch of ShippingHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49953 State: C/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Dr Frederick Mulder, London; sold to the University of Glasgow, February 1972. |
| Paper size: | 240/245 x 375 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 153 x 226 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | thick paper; pronounced horizontal chain lines, cut from same Van Gelder sheet of paper as GLAHA 49939,46765, 49954. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | '[van G]elder' in script |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone near left margin |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | extruding paper fibre bottom left near boat's bow (printed over); single faint ink dots across plate |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W127' bottom right |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1510203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.