164Pickle Herring WharfLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 167 State: 2/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1937 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 39359). Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 190 x 253 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 148 x 225 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Many tiny blue fibres give an almost grey appearance; sheet removed from a book, with old Greek ink inscription on verso |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | mfm: light residual tone; mh: irregular light patches, curving horizontal bands of picking at lower right |
| Note on foul biting: | flecks and dots |
| Print note: | New state between Kennedy's first and second |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | Greek writing on verso in ink |
| 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: | 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J. Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 39359 / msx-' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | old Greek writing in ink; '11' on recto; '1st' at lower left verso; '95' (sideways) at lower right verso; '3.' (poss by JMW?) at lower right verso, all modern inscriptions. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1670104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.