83SketchingFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.Accession no: P.285-1954 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
| Provenance: | Given by Guy John Fenton Knowles (1879-1959) to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 285 x 420 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 120 x 165 mm |
| Other size: | 108 x 158 chine mm |
| Note on size: | double platemark effect at the bottom. |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The printed area extends well outside the chine collé at the top. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | |
| 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: | 'Whistler Artist Proof. The Artist Sketching. W.87 II', '3/-', '28/-', all on recto. |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K0860206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.