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183

Fitzroy Square

British Museum
Accession no: 1905-07-12-59
State: 1/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1904.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA52191  

 

Paper size:158 x 109 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 92 mm  
Note on size:beveled plate  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese laid  
Note on the paper:thin, semi-transparent  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:distinct plate tone, slightly darker in lower third  
Note on foul biting:single pits in lower 1/4, some pitting on upper central arch of building  
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):'F. Short af. et. imp.' on recto below platemark right in pencil  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'J. M. Whistler del.' recto below platemark left; stamp, '1905-7-12-59' on verso below platemark, centre (shining through to recto)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:KAp30105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.