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Finette

British Museum
Accession no: 1872.07.13.411
State: 5/14

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50123  

 

Paper size:306 x 223 mm  
Plate mark size:284 x 199 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:yellowy  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:at the edges at bottom right; he must have used tone on the dress; the start is deeply inked, with the hand and some of the folds wiped clean, producing a very velvety, lustrous effect  
Note on foul biting:lots of dots; spots on the lines, at top right  
Print note:The lines have very strong burr. Much of the detail in the skirt at right remains unseen under deep ink tone, brown/black. Very fine impression  

 

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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0580303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.