39The Music RoomVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.16-1905 State: 2/4 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: | Percy Thomas, London; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 1905. |
Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
Paper size: | n/a mm |
Plate mark size: | 144 x 215 mm |
Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove? |
Note on the paper: | Mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly. |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | n/a |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Dramatic, uneven, areas where ink helps to create shadows (with densely hatched line), other areas wiped clean; also darker towards edges. |
Note on foul biting: | Foul biting particularly around edges; fingerprints at upper left corner; areas of pitting and granular etched tone, holding further ink and suggesting gloom, for example, see around feet of Haden. |
Print note: | Beautiful rich impression. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
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: | 'NAL' black ink stamp crossing over platemark, lower right corner, recto , V&A (variation on Lugt 1958) |
Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0330216 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.