42Nursemaid and ChildVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.12-1905 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Percy Thomas (1846-1922) London; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 1905. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 98 x 132 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Even plate tone, some pronouncements in parts of woman's shirt and - very light - in hills of background. |
| Note on foul biting: | Fine pitting, mostly in light area lower left and below woman, some also at top right. |
| Print note: | Narrow tidal line at bottom, probably caused by excess varnish from plate's back side. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| 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: | crowned 'NAL' in circle at bottom right on recto (Lugt1958) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0370212 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.