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Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.18
State: 5/5

Collection credit:Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by William Loring Andrews to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1837-1920), New York, 1883.  

 

Paper size:228 x 155 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 89 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:very thin tissue  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Very light overall tone.  
Note on foul biting:Around edges.  
Print note:good 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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 37015' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:acc. no visible on bottom left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0230540  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.