40Greenwich PensionerMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.27 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Jean Louis Henri Le Secq (Des Tournelles) (1818-1882), Paris; possibly sold at auction, Paris 17-18 April 1905. Jules Gerbeau (d. 1906), Paris; probably sold at auction, Paris, 25-27 May 1908. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. Dick Ford, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 190 x 263 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 96 x 134 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | Some big fibres |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | At the corners. |
| Print note: | good impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Greenwich 1859' |
| 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: | 'JG' in red triangle stamp on recto (J. Gerbeau, Lugt 1166); 'HLS' stamp (Des Tournelles, Lugt 1336) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0340207 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.