39The Music RoomBritish MuseumAccession no: 1929-12-14-2 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Arthur Haythorne Studd (1863-1919), London; bequeathed to the British Museum, London, 1929. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52206 |
| Paper size: | 255 x 338 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 146 x 216 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Of uneven texture, with some raised areas, and is flecked with brown fibres. A close examination of the paper was prevented as the etching has been attached to the mount. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | not visible from recto |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is a heavy print tone. The plate has been wiped more cleanly around the lamp and its light. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is foul biting all around the edges, with fingerprints at the upper left corner. There is pitting particularly in the foreground. |
| Print note: |
| 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: | none on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | none on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | none on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '228.' on recto, at lower right corner, below platemark |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | none on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0330224 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.