52Longshore menBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-391 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | 'The Long shore men' bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49991 |
| Paper size: | 202 x 268 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid? |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone, particularly at top and bottom right |
| Note on foul biting: | a little at thecorners and right side, and some texturing at right |
| Print note: | A warm black ink, with a tiny blot at the top left corner; very light burr or retroussage. Note faint zig-zag shading over the fireplace at left, which looks as if it has been suppressed (varnished or rubbed down). |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler - 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0450111 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.