27La Vieille aux LoquesVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19811 State: 3/4 |  |
| 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: | 208 x 147 mm |
| Other size: | chine collé 207 x 146 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: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, uneven, very effectively and selectively used to create texture and shadows, some areas wiped more cleanly for highlights (hands, rags, glint of metal etc) |
| Note on foul biting: | mark from grip of tool at upper left corner; much foul biting, particularly on exterior architecture (fingerprints, fabric marks, pitting); fabric marks also on rag sacks. |
| Print note: | vertical wipe lines evident particularly around doorway, diagonal ones in foreground; some burnishing out evident to right of doorway. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '19811' recto, within platemark, brown pen (faded) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0210219 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.