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Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 1
State: 5/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:  
Additional acq. no:A.09101  

 

Paper size:219 x 135 mm  
Plate mark size:154 x 89 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:single dark fibres, possibly old paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even light grey tone  
Note on foul biting:minor pitting at lower margin  
Print note:clean impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1858'  
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:recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others: '801'(? ) inscription in ink on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0230516  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.