12FumetteBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-433 State: 5/5 |  |
| 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: PPA49247 |
| Paper size: | 231 x 163 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 163 x 109 mm |
| Other size: | 161 x 108 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé (possibly on wove - no laid lines evident from recto) |
| Note on the paper: | Examination prevented as the etching is attached to the mount. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | not visible from recto |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is medium print tone with light highlights on the arm and face. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is a fingerprint at the upper left corner and a grip mark from a tool at the lower right corner. There is fine pitting with possible fabric marks creating shadow to the left of the figure. There are further fabric marks, more deeply etched, at the lower left of the figure and lighter ones near her right arm and shoulder. There is an area bounded by a fluid line around the right and lower edge that suggests that stopping out varnish was once applied, or it perhaps overlapped from the verso. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['s' reversed] 171.' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | none on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | none on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | none on recto |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | none on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | none on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | none on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0130409 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.