11En Plein SoleilBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-425 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | 'En Plein soleil' bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49274 |
| Paper size: | 173 x 213 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 135 mm |
| Other size: | 98 x 134 chine collé mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | pinkish off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on wove |
| Note on the paper: | 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: | fairly even, slightly darker at sides, white areas wiped clean, e.g. woman's face and hand; mottled effect in sky to left of woman |
| Note on foul biting: | scrim marks at lower left, and a large area bounded by a firm line where acid resistant varnished was used. |
| Print note: | Area of stopping out at lower left corner. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' (lower left); 'Whistler' (with 's' reversed; upper left corner) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['J' 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0150209 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.