7AnnieNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | According to Wedmore, owned by Charles Drouet the sculptor; Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York, by 1870s; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 244 x 169 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 119 x 80 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove plate paper |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This was printed under great pressure but is very faint-- either lightly etched or lightly inked. Extremely faint lines at lower right of skirt indicate that it once had been longer in back |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J.W' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler.' butterfly pencil of 1873/4 below platemark |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st. state - ' pencil below platemark 'with the legs' below platemark, possibly by Whistler |
| 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' stamp on recto; 'spa' verso in pencil (Avery) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '15'- ' (1 underscored) at top left above with the light pencil below the platemark |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0100101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.