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Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

Syracuse University Art Galleries
Accession no: 1963.1005
State: 2/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Philippe Burty (1830-1890). Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. E. G. Kennedy, New York. Knoedler & Co. (stock no. MK 32577). Colnaghi's, London ( stock no. c 8804). Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Cloud Wampler (1895-1973), Syracuse, NY; given to the Syracuse University Art Galleries in 1963.  

 

Paper size:206 x 151 mm  
Plate mark size:153 x 89 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:possibly Asian laid, no chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:at the edges  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:PB' in oval, red stamp on recto lower left (P. Burty, Lugt 413) ; 'EGK' (E.G. Kennedy) in pencil on verso; 'RT.' in pencil (not identified); 'B.M.' stamp verso (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt); 'EGK' in pencil (E.G. Kennedy); 'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 1298) on verso;  
Dealers' stock nos:'mk 32577'; 'c 8804' or 'c8204' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'1466' encircled; '17'; 'XXXI', 'The rag shop'; 'First state' on recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0230z26  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.