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The Lime-Burner

Syracuse University Art Galleries
Accession no: 1998.076
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Cortland Field Bishop (1870-1935), New York. Sylvan Cole Gallery, N.Y., purchased by the Syracuse University Art Galleries in 1998  

 

Paper size:279 x 203 mm  
Plate mark size:254 x 179 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' (post 1800)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual  
Note on foul biting:texture particularly at right and foreground, bare at bottom edge  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler- 1859' and 'Whistler' (faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
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:Rectangular stamp enclosing a bBishop's mitre with ribbons reading 'COURTLAND' and 'BISHOP', on verso (C.F. Bishop, Lugt 2770b).  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum recordsWhistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0460z25  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.