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Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46755
State: 2/2

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Dr J. A McCallum (1862-1948); given to the University of Glasgow, 1939.  

 

Paper size:178 x 194 mm  
Plate mark size:114 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:Good quality paper, with some filler in it (clay) which acts to pull/draw ink in. An opacifier is calcium carbonate (chalk). The ink blots so that it does not feather.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone gives drama to the sky  
Note on foul biting:fairly bad pitting a lower left corner, slight through rest  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ( 't' not crossed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:'JAMc[superscript c]C', in rectangular box, brown ink, verso (J.A. McCallum)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'9' in margin at bottom left; 'W. 79 / K 75 / Cadogan Pier'; '1963' by Harold Wright in margin  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0750107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.