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27

La Vieille aux Loques

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: 2005.278
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005.  

 

Paper size:424 x 303 mm  
Plate mark size:219 x 146 mm  
Other size:218 x 144 mm  
Note on size:Broad margins on the support paper.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine  
Note on the paper:mounted on ivory wove  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A strong impression but distinctly dark.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 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:recto, stamp in blue, a halberdier over the monogram 'JWS'; to right of three numbers, '27/ 12 / 83'  
Dealers' stock nos:'18071' on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0210211  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.