78MillbankNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | Given by Whistler to Ernest Delannoy. Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library 1910; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection. |
| Paper size: | 214 x 289 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 102 x 127 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | at the edges |
| Print note: | good impression, strong; similar buff paper to Vauxhall Bridge |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | see Inscription |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '[D]ELIGHT 1861' on barge; 'The Works of James Whistler - Etchings and Dry Points, are / on View at E. Thomas' Publisher / 39. Old Bond Street' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler/ 1861.' on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'A mon ami Ernest Delannoy' on 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 on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'E. Dalannoy was an artist to whom Whistler had given his oil portrait - which I bought from Valentin 1871 -' written on recto by Avery. 'Milbank' on recto in unknown hand |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0710101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.