14Street at SaverneMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.21.73 State: 4/4 |
Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | F. Keppel, New York (stock no. a 82525). Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
Paper size: | 267 x 232 mm |
Plate mark size: | 207 x 159 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
Note on the paper: | pale buff colour, heavy weight, with a semi-ridged effect; there are lots of lines right across but not the ladder effect |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | deep, even tone overall, with the street light scraped clean, and the area lit by the light on the left, wiped a little clean. |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | The sky looks rather uneven, but a very dramatic effect is produced by the deep inking. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' (very faint) |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | |
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: | 'a 82525' on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0190506 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.