27La Vieille aux LoquesBibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographieAccession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 1 State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Provenance: | Atherton Curtis, Paris (no. 4941); given in 1943 to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Additional acq. no: | D.07374 |
| Paper size: | 425 x 304 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 209 x 147 mm |
| Other size: | 208 x 145 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | discoloured to buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on white wove board |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | virtually none, some 'clouds' in upper third right |
| Note on foul biting: | Finger prints all over the right, foul biting in corners, along lower margin, pitting. |
| Print note: | rich, dark, heavy impression |
| 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: | 'BN EST' red oval stamp (Lugt 400) in recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'A. C. 4941' (coll. no. from the Atherton Curtis collection) in lower right corner |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0210z06 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.