48LimehouseBritish MuseumAccession no: 1863-10-17-172 State: 4/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Whistler by the British Museum, London, 1863. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49882 |
| Paper size: | 230 x 315 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 202 mm |
| Other size: | 244 x 322 extra pmk mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory on off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light grey overall tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | Texture and foul biting, very grainy. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | 'W -' in light red crayon on recto below the platemark at right |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '2nd state -' in light red crayon on recto below the platemark at right |
| 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: | K0400307 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.