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Whistler with a hat

British Museum
Accession no: 1872-07-13-417
State: 2/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:'Portrait of Whistler' bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50120  

 

Paper size:283 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:224 x 150 mm  
Note on size:.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:slightly grey  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:a little to right, and more to reinforce the shadow; clean wiped below and top left  
Note on foul biting:tiny flecks only  
Print note:rich impression with burr, and retroussage on the signature  

 

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:  
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 and museum records  
ID:K0540105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.