78MillbankBritish MuseumAccession no: 1874-06-13-536 State: 4/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1874. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50228 |
| Paper size: | 173 x 206 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 124 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | n/a |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | at edge particularly right and bottom right corner; tiny dots |
| Print note: | platemark nearly cracked from pressure |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | see Inscription |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[D]ELIGHT 1861' on barge; 'The Works of James Whistler - Etchings and Dry Points, are / on View at E. Thomas' Publisher / 39. Old Bond Street / London' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | not on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | not on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | not on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | not on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0710305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.