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En Plein Soleil

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no.15
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Hubbard Collection. Acquired by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:222 x 276 mm  
Plate mark size:100 x 136 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:light grey on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine applique on wove plate paper  
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:no  
Note on foul biting:at the bottom  
Print note:a good impression despite scratches at right.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'; and a faint 'Whistler' with 's' reversed in 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:mh: the faint, upside-down inscription at upper left may be related to an earlier subject on the plate  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Paris 1859' at bottom right recto in an unknown hand; '17' at bottom right; 'No 778 Dec - 1889 / In full sunnie [illeg/sic] / Whistler' and '[illeg] state' at lower right on the verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0150222  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.