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La Vieille aux Loques

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.15
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:245 x 183 mm  
Plate mark size:209 x 147 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black (warm)  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Very light tone, slightly darker on the left, and under the shadow; the bonnet, reflection, hands, and area in front of her at right, are brighter.  
Note on foul biting:extensive, including fingerprint.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
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:The Delatre inscription has been thoroughly eliminated  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0210337  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.