55The Lime-BurnerBritish MuseumAccession no: 1874-06-13-531 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1874. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50019 |
| Paper size: | 311 x 235 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 248 x 177 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove? |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | extensive texture and foul biting, particularly on the door frame and at the bottom. |
| Print note: | A hair left a bare squiggle at bottom left; there is a tiny bare square in the rafters to left of centre. Diagonal scratch / across the wall above the man. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' bottom left, 'Whistler -' bottom right |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1859 -' bottom right |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0460125 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.