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The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

Whereabouts unknown
Accession no: n/a
State: 6/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy (1910) as having been owned by J. Caldwell (John Caldwell, Pittsburgh (1882-1907)?).  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:274 x 178 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:n/a  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):n/a  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Extensive tone, roughly and unevenly wiped.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Slightly uneven burr, possibly the tone was used to conceal the deterioration of the plate.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint traces)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:n/a  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):n/a  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
ID:K1400401  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.