55The Lime-BurnerNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1987.41.65 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Given by John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987. |
| Paper size: | 280 x 203 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 251 x 176 mm |
| Note on size: | rough edge at right |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | thin |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | extensive texture on the doorway, lighter texture on the ground; there are also some dots and texturing including the horizontal lines at top right of the wall behind the man, and to left of the ladders, and some vertical texturing on the wall too. |
| Print note: | The area just above the bottom platemark is clear, as is the distant water. This is a good, strong, rough looking impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859 - ' (underlined, lower right corner; 'Whistler', lower left corner, partially removed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | |
| 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: | '10' written very small in the bottom right corner. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0460227 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.