14Street at SaverneMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.12 State: 3/4 |
Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
Paper size: | 432 x 302 mm |
Plate mark size: | 208 x 158 mm |
Other size: | 206 x 157 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | blue grey on off white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine appliqué 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: | light overall tone, heavier at the bottom, scraped off on the lantern |
Note on foul biting: | at the bottom, grainy underthe lines of the sky; vertical graining |
Print note: | a dramatic impression |
Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' (obscured) |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques.' |
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: | no |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K0190413 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.