163Fishing Boats, HastingsHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46782 State: 3b/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bought by the University of Glasgow from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, June 1973. |
| Paper size: | 215 x 336 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 254 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight, particularly at the lower left and right side; rather uneven |
| Note on foul biting: | pitting upper left corner, slight elsewhere |
| Print note: | Wiping marks, lower left and right sides; at right side double-sided lines with white paper showing through in middle (looks like lines printed white) - probably the result of the ink not being driven deep enough into lines, perhaps plate not heated sufficiently. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Hastings -' |
| 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: | 'A.66053' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '17 1/2 17 2/4 13 5/0' recto, rubbed out; verso, 'A.66053 AXS / II Vor Verschwinden der feinen Nadellimen und vor Anderung des Künstlereichens' [II Before the disappearance of the fine [drypoint] needle lines and before change of artist's sign]; 'K.158 / W.131 / G.158 / II / M.155 Fishing-boats, Hastings'. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1580205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.