36Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L'Artiste'New York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 330 x 242 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 153 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots |
| Print note: | burr plus retroussage, spiky and spectacular; burnishing visible at bottom |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler - 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Lammont' |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | ' "Astruc" - Literateur-' and 'figures not mine -' to right on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' rectangular stamp |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0530101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.