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La Marchande de Moutarde

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:246 x 182 mm  
Plate mark size:157 x 89 mm  
Note on size: indents on right at 20, 42-51, 71, 103-108, 159-165, 186, 218-224  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:From a ledger - see above - 'antique' laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:crown over scroll marks, possible a helmet  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone overall  
Note on foul biting:round the edges, particularly left at bottom right  
Print note:good impression, warm from colour of paper  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
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:'Whistler' butterfly in pencil on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'La Marchande de Moutarde -' on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:butterfly of 1875/1877  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'16-' at top left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0220301  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.