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La Vieille aux Loques

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.21.75
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:F. Keppel, New York (stock no. a 82456). Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:270 x 197 mm  
Plate mark size:207 x 147 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, wiped clean on bonnet and pans to left, making an effective contrast.  
Note on foul biting:extensive, including right foreground, and scrim type marks to left.  
Print note:good impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' ('s' reversed)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:Although the inscription including 'Delatre' is mainly eliminated by acid 'Imp Delatre Rue' is still visible.  
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:'a 82456' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0210336  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.