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29

Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no.23
State: 5/5

Collection credit:Library of Congress Purchase, 1945  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 82135). Purchased by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:209 x 140 mm  
Plate mark size:154 x 89 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of pale tone.  
Note on foul biting:As usual.  
Print note:The date in the plate is in drypoint.  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 82135'  
Misc inscriptions by others:artist, title and state at lower left on the recto; '21' at lower right on the recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0230527  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.