29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 4/5 | ![]() |
| 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: | 255 x 173 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 153 x 89 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | laid but no chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even overall tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | at top right side, slight grid at bottom. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' and butterfly of 1874/1875 on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Quartier Moufetard - 1st state -' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1874/1875 |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '17\1' (1 underscored) on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0230401 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
