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La Marchande de Moutarde

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: E.1884-1904
State: 5/5

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Published in 'English Etchings' A Monthly publication of original etchings by English Artists, 8 vols., London 1881-1891 (246 plates), bought from E. Parsons, London, by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1904.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1A  

 

Paper size:n/a mm  
Plate mark size:156 x 89 mm  
Note on size:mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
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:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very little tone, light and even  
Note on foul biting:Fabric marks, particularly lower and left edges; pitting particularly in the foreground where it adds texture to the flagstones.  
Print note:Use of retroussage (see for example Whistler's signature); on the right side is a line where stopping-out varnish was applied.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
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:K0220508  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.