51BillingsgateScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 845 State: 9/9 |
| 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.1750 |
| Paper size: | 220 x 305 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 224 mm |
| Other size: | image 149 x 222 mm |
| Note on size: | rough edges at bottom and left, taken from a book |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight, browned |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light, even, grey tone overall, possibly a layer of tone laid down separately, within the platemark |
| Note on foul biting: | In the sky |
| Print note: | Densely black, losing detail in the sail and boats slightly; it has a grainy overall effect. |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Billingsgate K47 III p1750' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0470806 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.