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La Vieille aux Loques

Glasgow Museums
Accession no: PR.1920.6.im

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:John Innes (1859-1929), Glasgow; presented to Glasgow Museums in 1920.  

 

Paper size:270 x 194 mm  
Plate mark size:210 x 149 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):asian  
Note on the paper:asian 'laid'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone, wiped clean on bonnet.  
Note on foul biting:extensive  
Print note:slight burr effect from retroussage.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
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:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'S.2691A', 'W.14 / K.21 III', 'La Vieille aux loques', recto in pencil; Museum nos. In pen on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0210z39  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.