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Pickle Herring Wharf

Glasgow Museums
Accession no: U.32

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Whistler to W. Crabe Angus, Glasgow art dealer.  

 

Paper size:158 x 226 (s) mm  
Plate mark size:148 x 226 (s) mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:cream darkened to buff  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone only  
Note on foul biting:extensive spots  
Print note:soft burr, atmospheric impression  

 

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:See Inscriptions by Whistler  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'W. Craibe Angus - from J McN Whistler' on rectounder platemark at lower left  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1670z05  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.