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Annie

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.?

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:180 x 159 mm  
Plate mark size:117 x 80 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the fibres and foxing create a slightly oatmealy effect and warm colour  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:light texturing overall  
Print note:warm black  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' (crossed 'l' instead of 't')  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Annie'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. Jacques. 171.'  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'7020' on verso, partly rubbed out  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Fifth state legs put in by Seymour Haden'; '4/10' on recto, with further inscription rubbed out.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0100511  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.