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The Lime-Burner

Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession no: 46.169

Collection credit:Gift of Dr and Mrs George Kamperman.  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Dr and Mrs George Kamperman to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1946.  

 

Paper size:362 x 229 mm  
Plate mark size:249 x 174 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Great deal of surface tone used particularly for walls and beams, wiped clean around figure.  
Note on foul biting:Much pitting throughout; light speckling of pits at right edge; regular pits as though from imprint in area above figure.  
Print note:Scratches from wiping in foreground, enhances impression of straw on ground.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1859 - ' (underlined, lower right corner; 'Whistler', lower left corner, partially removed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'4930' within circle recto, below platemark  
Misc inscriptions by others:'FYX' verso, lower right corner, '550.-' recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460z09  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.