49The PoolArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1927.5916 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927. |
| Paper size: | 199 x 321 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 137 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some very light plate tone near the plate corners. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Kennedy's description of state four mentions only undulating lines at centre; in fact, there are also fine horizontals and right-left diagonals throughout the sky, heavier at the left; very faint traces of lines in water and at lower left and right remain. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | on signboards, 'COOPER', 'Gr GEORGE'S Wf', 'NEW CRANE / TO LET'; on boat, 'JANE No. 6' |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | #19' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0430402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.