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Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no.1
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection of Whistleriana; given to the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:211 x 331 mm  
Plate mark size:147 x 261 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the paper colour is greyish ivory  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:as usual  
Print note:warm black ink  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J. W.'  
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):  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'14890' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Return to Pennell' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0010117  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.