35C. L. Drouet, SculptorBibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographieAccession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 1 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Provenance: | Whistler, given to C. L. Drouet, Paris. Given to the Bibliothèque nationale. |
| Additional acq. no: | Don No. 917 |
| Paper size: | 382 x 252/255 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 152 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japanese |
| Note on the paper: | thin fibrous |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | virtually none |
| Note on foul biting: | loose pitting in lower right corner |
| Print note: | very fine richly inked impression, some printing creases |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler 1859.' and 'Whistler Maitre Eaufortier' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Drouet Sculpteur' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | see inscriptions |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'A mon ami - Drouet / Whistler' in pencil, lower right corner |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | - |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | recto red circular stamp 'BIBL. NAT EST' (Lugt 249) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | recto lower margin 'Don 917' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0550218 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.