143The Two ShipsFitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeAccession no: P.286-1954. |  |
| 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: | 360 x 232 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 208 x 133 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique', darkened to buff at the edges. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'D&C BLAUW' countermark |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light. |
| Note on foul biting: | At the edges mostly, and at lower right corner, possible burnishing. |
| Print note: | Warm black ink, some burr on the ship, well inked impression, strong on the ship at right. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | Butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| 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: | 'No. 23', '3.3.0.' and miscellaneous illegible price codes, all on recto. |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K1480305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.