453The Long House (The Dyers, Amsterdam)Victoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.586-1890 State: 6/6 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Sold by Whistler to the South Kensington Museum, 7 July 1890, with three other etchings for a total of £40.0.0. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | 165 x 268 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 165 x 268 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japan |
| Note on the paper: | thin |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone, slightly darker along top edge |
| Note on foul biting: | foul biting in lower right corner; loose scattered pitting left of houses |
| Print note: | lines partly worn or printed very dryly; texture of upper storey seems to be obtained by stopping-out-technique (light and dark lines) |
| 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: | not on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | not on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp' [eventual full stop covered by mount]] |
| Note on the tab: | 207 mm from left, c.3 x 9 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'E 586-90' in ink on verso, showing through to recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4060308 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.