124The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)Colby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.460 State: 7/7 |
Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
Additional acq. no: | 012.2002 |
Paper size: | 378 x 249 mm |
Plate mark size: | 278 x 177 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | Arms of Strasbourg with initial 'V' |
Medium: | drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | Uneven heavy tone in the bottom half. |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | Some burr on the figure. |
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: | 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: | 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' (Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a). |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'Et 3784' stamp on recto |
Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The Guitarist' on recto |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1400501 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.