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Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession 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.