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The Lime-Burner

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: 19794
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Sold as 'Jones Limeburner. Thames Street' by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum with 15 other etchings including seven from the 'Thames Set' on 1 January 1861 for £10.10.10 for all 16 etchings.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1B  

 

Paper size:n/a mm  
Plate mark size:250 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, more at the bottom  
Note on foul biting:extensive in the foreground, texture on the doorway.  
Print note:scratches and burnishing on the wall.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859 -'  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460118  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.