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Landscape with Horses

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 83.1.25
State: 2/2

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:234 x 333 mm  
Plate mark size:126 x 203 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese (wove)  
Note on the paper:good quality paper, vellum-like, fibrous  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual only at edges  
Note on foul biting:Extensive dots and dashes.  
Print note:clear print  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'25' and '35' in lower left margin; '# 17' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0360221  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.