4The Dutchman Holding A GlassBritish MuseumAccession no: 1868-7-11-4 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum. |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1868. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49065 |
| Paper size: | 164 x 123 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 82 x 56 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | bluish off-white paper stuck down on mount so unable to examine for watermarks |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Printed with light tone which is slightly more pronounced in certain areas, e.g. hat, block on which the man sits, in the upper right corner and the shadows at his feet. |
| Note on foul biting: | Slight pitting throughout; foul biting at the upper and lower right corners. |
| Print note: | There are smudgy ink marks in the lower right corner from wiping |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J. W.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | n/a |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | n/a |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | signature at lower right corner; |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '63' on recto at lower right corner; '3/6' on recto below platemark |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0040203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.