29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46710 State: 5/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bought by the University of Glasgow at auction, J. & R. Edmiston, Glasgow, 13 October 1965 (lot 109) for £2.2.0. |
| Paper size: | 177 x 116 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 155 x 90 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | very light weight. It is flecked with brown fibres of various lengths. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, leaving out the highlights in white |
| Note on foul biting: | 'Pattern pits' at lower edge, possibly from the dabber. Different traces of foul biting in the lower and upper right corners. |
| Print note: | The date '1858' is the only drypoint. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1858' |
| 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 |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '£ [?]4/6' faint, at bottom: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0230507 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.