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Alderney Street

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 63.023
State: 2/3

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:Acquired by Museum Associates Purchase Fund, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1963.  

 

Paper size:278 x 205 mm  
Plate mark size:176 x 113 mm  
Other size:image 167 x 101 mm  
Note on size:176 x 107, inner pmk  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:circular watermark at edge  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:layer of regular even tone overall  
Note on foul biting:some dots and flecks  
Print note:glossy - possibly burrnished a little  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:NO  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Gazette des Beaux-Arts' lower left, 'Imp. Cadart' lower right  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
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:'15' and title etc  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2380206  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.