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Sketch after Cecil Lawson's "Swan and Iris"

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 4/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:226 x 161 mm  
Plate mark size:133 x 81 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Swan and the Iris - Whistler.' and '1883 from an oil sketch by Cecil Lawson -' and 'not described' at bottom right  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2410108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.