29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 012.2007 State: 4/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London. Paul McCarron, New York. Fine Art Society and Gordon Cooke (cat. 1994); Artemis, London; Dr George S. van Houten, Netherlands; his sale, Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2007 ( lot 6); Peter and Paula Lunder; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, 2007. |
| Paper size: | 204 x 136 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 154 x 90 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | thick, card-like |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | overall tone, wiping marks along right edge. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | nice, contrast, burr accents and retroussage. |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'No 4041' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Haden, [per dealer inscription on mount]: '1st trial from plate [à?] burr'; '28' on recto. on verso: 'IR', '[… RP]', 'Before the two figures … boy and girl / Before the date, 1858'; 'S [circled] O' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0230408 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.