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Annie

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.318
State: 4/7

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Charles Sydenham Haden (1822-1898), Chelsea, England; sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 18 November 1931 (lot 103); P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1932; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:326 x 246 mm  
Plate mark size:118 x 79 mm  
Note on size:All French Set impressions from the collection of C.S. Haden appear to have reduced margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine laid on wove plate paper  
Note on the paper:chine collé  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:specks and flecks all around the figure and inscriptions  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' (crossed 'l' instead of 't')  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.', lower right  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
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:'C.20942'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'from the collection of the late Sir F. Seymour Haden's brother.' Inscribed on cover sheet in Harold Wright's hand, re. the French Set etchings; Wright also notes that the group from the C.S. Haden collection comprises 13 etchings, including the cover plate both in the set and on the set wrapper; Kennedy number, title and state at lower centre on the recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0100406  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.