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Liverdun

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:229 x 281 mm  
Plate mark size:107 x 152 mm  
Note on size:rough edges except top  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:yellowed grey  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:rag and greeny fibres  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone overall  
Note on foul biting:in the foreground and top right (regular grain)  
Print note:a strong impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J. Whistler' and crossed out 'Whistler' top right  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue, St. Jacques. 171.'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques 171 -'  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' in pencil on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:' "Liverdun" - ' on recto  
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:'4.' on recto at top left corner, above platemark (probably '4' though could be 'H')  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0160228  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.