70RotherhitheNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 2/6 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Possibly J.A. Rose; his sale, Sotheby's, 27 June 1876 (lot 705). Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection. |
| Paper size: | 386 x 308 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 272 x 197 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | browned |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | touched proof, dark brown ink wash on hull of boat at centre and lighter wash on smaller hull to left of it |
| Print tone: | very light residual tone; the shirts of the men in foreground printed with tone |
| Note on foul biting: | spots in the sky |
| Print note: | corner loss top right, browned within mat, rough edge at bottom |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler -' and butterfly at lower right recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Touched proof- ' at lower left recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0660110 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.