13LiverdunVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19804 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Francis Seymour Haden. |
| Image credit: | Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Provenance: | Presented with the 12 etchings of the 'French Set' (14 including the two title pages) by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum, 1 January 1861. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.1A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 108 x 154 mm |
| Other size: | chine collé 105 x 153 mm |
| Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove? |
| Note on the paper: | mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, uneven, buildings to left wiped clean, more tone in the foreground and sky, patchy. |
| Note on foul biting: | a good deal of pitting / granular surface tone in foreground and sky, among which are significant patches of fabric impressions |
| Print note: | A good strong impression; note the burnished out area in the building on the left and the cow on right. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' (upper right corner); 'J. Whistler' (lower left; 's' reversed) |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | crowned 'NAL' stamp in black ink in bottom right corner within platemark on recto (V&A, Lugt 1957) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '19804.' brown pen within platemark, in lower right corner, recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0160218 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.