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Sleeping Girl

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: SNR-3
State: 2/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:  
Additional acq. no:D.1978-00222  

 

Paper size:142 x 220 mm  
Plate mark size:137 x 215 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab; paper not trimmed exactly to platemark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:crown / posthorn / 'HG'  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:48 mm from left, 5 x 14 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso black stamp lower right 'D.1978-00222'  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'05301L'; 'i/ai/B' (?); '8I/72' ; '4' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1250205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.