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The Long House (The Dyers, Amsterdam)

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: E.586-1890
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Sold by Whistler to the South Kensington Museum, 7 July 1890, with three other etchings for a total of £40.0.0.  
Additional acq. no:EE.2A  

 

Paper size:165 x 268 mm  
Plate mark size:165 x 268 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japan  
Note on the paper:thin  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone, slightly darker along top edge  
Note on foul biting:foul biting in lower right corner; loose scattered pitting left of houses  
Print note:lines partly worn or printed very dryly; texture of upper storey seems to be obtained by stopping-out-technique (light and dark lines)  

 

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:not on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp' [eventual full stop covered by mount]]  
Note on the tab:207 mm from left, c.3 x 9 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'E 586-90' in ink on verso, showing through to recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4060308  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.