27La Vieille aux LoquesMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession 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.