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The Lime-Burner

British Museum
Accession no: 1973-09-15-18
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports).  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50017  

 

Paper size:362 x 267 mm  
Plate mark size:251 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Partial 'HUDELIST'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone  
Note on foul biting:foul biting and texture particularly in the foreground, and on the door frame, and top.  
Print note:Diagonal scratch / on the wall above the man.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859 -'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler - ' in pen on inserted fragment in margin  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'early proof -' as above  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0460124  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.