83SketchingMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.62 State: 4/6 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 269 x 372 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 120 x 166 mm |
| Other size: | 114 x 157 image mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight paper, gilt edge at bottom |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light grey |
| Note on foul biting: | light texturing at right |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' cut off at bottom |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'London. Published December 1st. 1861 by Day & Son, Lith. To the Queen.' 'Whistler' |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'J McNeil Whistler. The artist sketching.' on recto; '24' in circle, on recto |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K0860303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.