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The Lime-Burner

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 65.030
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Gift of Wellington R. Burt, Class of 1926.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:Gift of Wellington R. Burt to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957. Gift of W.R.Burt to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965.  

 

Paper size:369 x 238 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 176 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:grain and texture particularly at sides  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' at left, very faint; 'Whistler- ' at right.  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'211366' (?) rubbed out; 'C. Jon. 88' (? the J looks like a back to front c) recto; 'C.4428-585' (?)  
Misc inscriptions by others: '285'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.