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Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1909-127
State: 4/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Amsler und Ruthardt, Berlin; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, 1909, for 308 DM.  

 

Paper size:289 x 207/209 mm  
Plate mark size:154 x 90 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:'F' and 'E' countermarks  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even plate tone  
Note on foul biting:Small patch of foul biting at upper right, patterned foul biting near lower margin; very fine pitting near signature  
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:  
Collector's mark:verso brown round stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:erased inscription, illegible recto lower right below platemark  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0230406  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.