12FumetteFitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeAccession no: P.273-1954 State: 5/5 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
| Provenance: | Given by Guy John Fenton Knowles (1879-1959) to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 328 x 233 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 163 x 109 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light |
| Note on foul biting: | haze of marks all around the figure, also some dots. |
| Print note: | A vice mark at lower right. Clear impression, a bit darkened. |
| 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: | 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Proof before letters', 'J McNeill Whistler' and an illegible price. |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K0130410 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
