29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisBritish MuseumAccession no: 1866.10.13.607 State: 2/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold to the British Museum, London, 1866. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49324 |
| Paper size: | 125 x 134 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 153 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove/sight |
| Note on the paper: | slightly browned |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Llight overall tone, brown in effect. |
| Note on foul biting: | Light scrim marks at the bottom; small blemish at the top right corner. |
| Print note: | The ink looks a warm black, making a dark brown in effect on this paper. |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | not on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0230202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.