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En Plein Soleil

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 83.1.17
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by William Loring Andrews (1837-1927) to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1883.  

 

Paper size:137 x 242 mm  
Plate mark size:99 x 134 mm  
Other size:97 x 133 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine applique on wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:at bottom edge, particularly on the left; there is a clear area around the inscription and textured area above it  
Print note:Vertical scratches are visible at left and right, and a diagonal line below her, which reaches into the inscription.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'; and a faint 'Whistler' with 's' reversed in upper left corner  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['J' reversed] 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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'4' at top right, '45' (3 times) on recto; on the verso are a series of squares, in four rows, as follows, '48 47 49 / 51 50 52 / 53 55 54 / 58 56 57'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0150212  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.