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La Marchande de Moutarde

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 1970.121.73

Collection credit:Gift of Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. king, and Sybil A. Walk, 1970  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Acquired from F.S.Haden by Thomas DeKay Winans (1820-1878); Celeste Marguerite Hutton (1855-1916); Elsie Celeste Hutton; given by Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.  

 

Paper size:187 x 113 mm  
Plate mark size:157 x 89 mm  
Other size:155 x 87 chine mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:tan on off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):chine on 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:very light tone only at edge  
Note on foul biting:A few dots and edges and texture.  
Print note:Formerly "Winans Scrapbook" p. 23; good, rich, impression, the printing going outside the chine.  

 

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: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:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0220320  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.