26La RétameuseBritish MuseumAccession no: 1865-12-9-823 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold to the British Museum, London, 1865. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49252 |
| Paper size: | 143 x 115 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 110 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | paper browned, stuck down on mount so unable to examine for watermarks |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fairly even print tone, except areas of woman's dress which wiped clean (apron, collar, face etc); slightly darker towards edges and corners |
| Note on foul biting: | slight pitting; foul biting along edges; finger print at upper right corner |
| Print note: | slight mottled effect overall, probably from wiping |
| 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: | 'Whistler' on recto in lower left corner ('W' in pencil, rest in black ink) |
| 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: | 'PB' in pencil on recto, lower right (related to P. Burty, Lugt 2088) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.5.' recto, below platemark, in pencil; recto, lower left corner, black ink: 'Whistlrt / 1r [superscript 'r'] etat.' in pen |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0140104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.