13LiverdunNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 3/3 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
Paper size: | 229 x 281 mm |
Plate mark size: | 107 x 152 mm |
Note on size: | rough edges except top |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | yellowed grey |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
Note on the paper: | rag and greeny fibres |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | light tone overall |
Note on foul biting: | in the foreground and top right (regular grain) |
Print note: | a strong impression. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J. Whistler' and crossed out 'Whistler' top right |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue, St. Jacques. 171.' |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques 171 -' |
Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' in pencil on recto |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | ' "Liverdun" - ' on recto |
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: | '4.' on recto at top left corner, above platemark (probably '4' though could be 'H') |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0160228 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.