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Billingsgate

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.339
State: 9/9

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:207 x 309 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 226 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no; an inky fingerprint in the lower left margin.  
Note on foul biting:usual  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:See description of title sheet in General Note  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C.20657' at lower right on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K47 vii' at lower left on the recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0470717  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.