20La Marchande de MoutardeScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 1733 State: 3/5 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. S. Theobald, London. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.858 |
| Paper size: | 260 x 176/183 (bottom/top) mm |
| Plate mark size: | 154 x 88 mm |
| Note on size: | The sheet has a very uneven edge at right |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight, card-like |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | '& S / [1]829' partial |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | No |
| Print tone: | Light residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | At bottom |
| Print note: | More scrim/cloth marks at the left, and dotty speckles at the bottom. There seems to be a narrow, slightly uneven bare area just inside the margin. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler-' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] 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: | mark rubbed out at bottom left, possibly 'HST' (Theobald) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Le Marchande de Moutarde (W. 16) First state', '(V states)', 'Theobald Coll', and illegible symbol on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0220306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.