73Portrait of a manNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910) |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 330 x 235 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | printed with retroussage as well as burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1860.' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' below platemark in pencil on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Mr. Mann -' 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: | Stamp of 'S.P.AVERY / COLLECTION' on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '58' top left of platemark on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0630101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.