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Axenfeld

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: 19798
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London  
Provenance:Sold as 'Portrait Mons Axenfeldt' by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum with 15 other etchings on 1 January 1861 for £10.10.10 for all 16 etchings.  
Additional acq. no:EE.2A  

 

Paper size:n/a mm  
Plate mark size:227 x 151 mm  
Note on size:mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):India  
Note on the paper:mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:?  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, even (although slightly more pronounced at edges)  
Note on foul biting:-  
Print note:beautiful rich effects from the burr  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1860.' ('6' reversed)  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0640307  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.