73Portrait of a manBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-416 State: 2/2 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
Provenance: | 'Figure of a man in felt hat and cloak' bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Percy Thomas - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50188 |
Paper size: | 253 x 174 mm |
Plate mark size: | 226 x 151 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
Note on the paper: | flat shiny card-like paper |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | n/a |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | no |
Note on foul biting: | a little at edge and vice like mark at bottom right |
Print note: | good clear impression, drypoint well controlled |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1860.' |
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: | n/a |
Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K0630206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.