11En Plein SoleilBritish MuseumAccession no: 1876-11-11-509 State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 30 April 1876 (lot 726), bought by Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), £1.10.0; acquired by the British Museum. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49273 |
| Paper size: | 154 x 183 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 100 x 134 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | stuck down on mount so unable to examine for watermarks |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light and fairly even |
| Note on foul biting: | scrim marks at lower left, and a large area bounded by a firm line where acid resistant varnish was used. |
| Print note: | area of stopping out at the lower left corner; slight mottled effect from wiping at the right side; area of rich drypoint burr on the woman's shawl. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' (lower left); 'Whistler' (with 's' back to front; upside down at upper left) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| 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: | recto, lower left corner margin, red ink stamp: Philippe Burty (Lugt 413) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '5' on recto on lower left margin; '1er Etat. avec les cheveux blonds.' recto, below platemark |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0150102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.