41Greenwich ParkVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.15-1905 State: 3/3 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Percy Thomas, London; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 1905. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 201 mm |
| Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light, even. |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting around the signature. |
| Print note: | Retroussage evident in the foreground; mottled effect in the sky from wiping; double diagonal line across the etching - not straight or confident like the cancel lines, more meandering; fingerprints at the upper left and lower right corners; granular etched tone in the sky around the trees and in areas of grass in the foreground. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler.' (lower left) |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0350218 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.