48LimehouseBritish MuseumAccession no: 1973-09-15-13 State: 3/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports). |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49884 |
| Paper size: | 271 x 367 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 128 x 202 mm |
| Note on size: | Fragment at bottom right is 112 mm high within the 367 total height |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory on off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine appliqué on laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | The support has partial watermark 'HUDELIS T', according to BM (see 1973-09-15-15) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | texture, regular texture and foul biting |
| Print note: | A clear cut impression with obvious foul biting. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1859' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '...UR MAC…' above the bow window at top right; 'CURTIS GIN' ('N' reversed) on the signboard in the background. |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler - ' in pen on fragment of paper inserted at lower right |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st state.' as above |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0400204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.