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Bibi Valentin

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 50
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:E. R. and J. Pennell Collection; given to the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:157 x 233 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 227 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:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:graphite shading on hair, on forehead, on bridge of nose and to the right of it  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:Irregular scratches to upper left of feet.  
Print note:Some drypoint shading is quite blurry.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:no  
Collector's mark:'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'19' at upper left on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0500218  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.