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44

Whistler with a hat

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 1b/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904); acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:324 x 241 mm  
Plate mark size:224 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:lustrous  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:a very little light tone, more at right  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:very fine impression but rather battered.  

 

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:see below  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Own Portrait' and 'For Mother / from J Whistler' below platemark on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'52' top right; 'Dry Point.' on recto below platemark left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0540110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.