48LimehouseScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 682 State: 4/6 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.1747 |
| Paper size: | 149 x 224 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 202 mm |
| Note on size: | Platemark rather flattened |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'DE ERVEN DE BLAUW' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very very light overall tone, a bit speckled |
| Note on foul biting: | Tiny flecks - but a lot of texture at the bottom right corner. |
| 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: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '19 arbam' (?) on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0400315 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.