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Annie

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 1
State: 6/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, by 1961  
Additional acq. no:A.8804  

 

Paper size:243 x 185 mm  
Plate mark size:118 x 79 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):thin modern wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:not accessible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even pronounced plate tone, emulating the chine collé colour  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting around the inscription; shadows to the right of the figure, some pitting to the left of the figure  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' (crossed 'l' instead of 't')  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Annie'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.'  
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:Recto round red stamp 'BIBL. NAT. EST.' (Lugt 249); bottom right corner black stamp 'A. 2804'  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0100512  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.