109Draped ModelNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/11 |
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: | 266 x 202 mm |
Plate mark size: | 204 x 132 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
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: | no tone |
Note on foul biting: | a few flecks plus curious area of texture around the figure' flaw on plate surface at upper left |
Print note: | quite a clear image at this point |
Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' on recto |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Dry Point - 1st state -' on recto; '1870 -' on image , probably by Whistler |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | mh: the inscription '1870' looks more like 1873, or possibly 1872-- the last numeral has been overwrittenl and is not clear |
Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' rectangular stamp |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '87 trial' at top left recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1000101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.