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The Steps, Gray's Inn

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.427
State: 1/1

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:George Hammond, Santa Barbara, CA; Estate of George Hammond, Southern California; Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA, 2002; bought by Peter Lunder, 4 September 2002; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:041.2002  

 

Paper size:65 x 176 mm  
Plate mark size:65 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight tone, slightly darker lower corners  
Note on foul biting:  
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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:38-48 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'183 Steps, Gray's Inn' (other figures erased)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2950109  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.