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Greenhithe

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:200 x 325 mm  
Plate mark size:149 x 224 mm  
Note on size:uneven edges bottom and right - from an old ledger  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:yes  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone  
Note on foul biting:no  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9008' (?) written very small top of recto; '135' top left, '3 -' bottom right recto;old pen writing on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1650204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.