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Venus

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 1
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:  
Additional acq. no:A.8804  

 

Paper size:187 x 302 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 227 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:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light even plate tone  
Note on foul biting:lower right corner, scattered pitting in lower 2cm of platemark  
Print note:Clean impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
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:recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / black stamp lower left corner 'A8804'  
Dealers' stock nos:'5510 am/100' lower left corner on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0590208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.