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La Rétameuse

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Accession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 1
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France  
Provenance:Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, by 1961  
Additional acq. no:A.8804  

 

Paper size:292 x 205/207 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 89 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove (?)  
Note on the paper:fixed on mount (folding mount)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:not accessible  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight even tone, somewhat more pronounced at top and bottom margins  
Note on foul biting:top right corner, bottom left corner  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] 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:erased pencil lower paper margin 'La retameuse - The Tinker-woman'  
Collector's mark:recto lower right corner black stamp 'A.8804'; recto lower corner in margin red circular stamp 'BIB. NAT. EST.' (Lugt 249)  
Dealers' stock nos:'10527 um / 75' in lower margin to left of centre  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K14 La retameuse' lower left corner  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0140212  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.