23An Artist SketchingBritish MuseumAccession no: 1916-12-16-1 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Dennis Paul, Leicester; presented to the British Museum, London, 1916. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49478 |
| Paper size: | 167 x 117 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 107 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | stuck down on mount so unable to examine for watermark |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting particularly towards edges; imprint of scrim, particularly at upper left, also several in lower section. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | see inscriptions |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Treize Eaux ['E' reversed] Fortes ['s' reversed, 'F' looks more like 'T'] d'apres ['d' reversed] Nature / par / James ['s' reversed] Whistler. ['s' reversed] / à Mon viel Ami Seymour Haden' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 171. / Paris. Nov. 1858' |
| 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: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K025B01 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.