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Liverdun

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.8.9
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by William Loring Andrews (1837-1927) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1883.  

 

Paper size:219 x 255 mm  
Plate mark size:108 x 154 mm  
Other size:107 x 153 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine appliqué on wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone, more in the bottom half, producing a brown/beige effect  
Note on foul biting:at top right, top edge, and bottom, under the lines of shading, suggesting the texture of the rough ground.  
Print note:a good impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' at upper right corner; 'J. Whistler' at lower left corner  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171.'  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'46' on recto, and verso. '2' and '#2 ' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0160213  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.