48LimehouseBritish MuseumAccession no: 1863-10-17-171 State: 3/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Whistler by the British Museum, London, 1863. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49881 |
| Paper size: | 230 x 314 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 127 x 202 mm |
| Other size: | 244 x 322 platemark mm |
| Note on size: | It has two platemarks |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory on white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine appliqué on laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | A lot of regular scrim type texture and foul biting particularly at the bottom right; soft texture built up; a black edge at right. |
| Print note: | There is texture, burnishing and general greyness in the sky; it all looks rather grainy. |
| 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: | '1st state' in light red crayon |
| 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 and museum records |
| ID: | K0400207 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.