51BillingsgateDetroit Institute of ArtsAccession no: 21.68 |
| Collection credit: | City of Detroit Purchase. |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bought by the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1921. |
| Paper size: | 200 x 276 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | greenish cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'J WHATT' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, wiped cleanest in lower left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | fairly regular fine speckled pitting in foreground, also in sky (here as if acid brushed on), also drops of acid in sky and bubble marks from acid. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'A 95959' on verso, lower left; 'YH' verso, lower right; '1' verso, left side |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0470719 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.