53Thames PoliceBritish MuseumAccession no: 1868-07-11-5 State: 2/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1868. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49986 |
| Paper size: | 204 x 285 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 226 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone, particularly at the bottom corners, but the bottom right corner is almost bare, as if the ink was accidentally lifted by a finger. |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and texture at bottom left, and a little at the edges |
| Print note: | There is the start of drypoint shading around the chimneys. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859 -' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards: 'THAMES POLICE.' ; 'WAPPING WHARF / YORKSHIRE BOTTLE COMPANY' |
| 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: | '7-', '3/' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0440206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.