78MillbankDetroit Institute of ArtsAccession no: 21.64 |
| Collection credit: | City of Detroit Purchase. |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bought by the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1921. |
| Paper size: | 175 x 217 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 125 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: | 'LIST' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light, slightly more pronounced at edges |
| Note on foul biting: | light pitting throughout |
| Print note: | mottled effect, probably from wiping, in foreground; three small areas of apparent acid spillage in right half |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[D]ELIGHT / 1861' (on barge) |
| 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 94234' on verso, lower left; '21.64' on recto, lower right, below platemark, in red ink |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '30 / BW' (possibly 'BYV' or 'BYW' - where Y and W conjoined) on verso, lower right |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0710517 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.