78MillbankBritish MuseumAccession no: 1973-09-15-19 State: 4/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports). |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50226 |
| Paper size: | 259-265 x 327-331 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 101 x 125 mm |
| Other size: | square 87 x 87 inlaid brc mm |
| Note on size: | right edge slightly rough, bottom very rough and torn |
| 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: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | buff tone overall effect of chine |
| Note on foul biting: | round the edge, particularly right and bottom right corner, tiny dots |
| Print note: | good clear impression with darkening clouds behind distant chimneys |
| 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: | 'Whistler - Early proof' on inset in pen |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Whistler - / Early Proof -' in pen on inset |
| 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' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0710307 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.