300The Menpes ChildrenBritish MuseumAccession no: 1904-08-10-4 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1905. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52190 |
| Paper size: | 115 x 149 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 68 x 101 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, generally even residual tone, slightly darker near lower right edge |
| Note on foul biting: | Fine scattered pitting on figures and in foreground. |
| Print note: | Minor ink reticulation where tone is darker. |
| 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: | not on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | not on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2610107 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.