351Fishing Quay, OstendLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 352 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 128 x 177 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 128 x 177 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone at left and bottom; with distinct diagonal and horizontal wiping marks |
| Note on foul biting: | a few flecks; long left-right diagonal scratch at centre, extending to back of left woman in foreground (this is not visible on the Kennedy reproduction) |
| Print note: |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st proof' (the 'st' superscript with a '.' beneath it) at lower right verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | at 42 to 54 mm; h 3 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' stamp ( H.G. Whittemore, Lugt 1384a). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Quay' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3520105 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.