55The Lime-BurnerMuseum Boijmans van Beuningen, RotterdamAccession no: DN. 2938 State: 2/2 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Adriaan Jacobus Domela Nieuwenhuis (1850-1935), Amsterdam; given to the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1923. |
| Paper size: | 290 x 209 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 252 x 177 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | quite a firm, heavy weight japan, with a glow of colour and texture |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone in the bottom half, clean wiped in the distance |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is a light spot at the top of the wall; rich burr on the darkest part of the framing door and some on the signature; the man's shadow and distant figure are dark grey, almost rubbed down; there is a broad, soft, uncleaned looking area on the floor, though it seems to have been polished clean right across the bottom 10 mm of the plate, giving a light foreground. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859 - ' (underlined, lower right corner; 'Whistler', lower left corner, partially removed) |
| 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: | 'DNB' stamp ( Domela Nieuwehuis, Lugt. 356B) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '2 [9?]38' and '[u 5?]464' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Whistler - Limburner' on recto, in bottom margin |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0460238 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.