29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.20-1905 State: 5/5 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Percy Thomas, London; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 1905. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 154 x 90 mm |
| Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | uneven, used more strongly to give suggestion of mass and shadow to basket and pots in foreground, shadow of interior etc |
| Note on foul biting: | foul biting at lthe ower left corner and lower edge (regular here, possibly from a tool) |
| Print note: | Retroussage evident (see signature for example); slight reticulation of ink at the right side; burnished out table legs in the foreground. |
| 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: | 'NAL' partial stamp in black ink crossing platemark, in lower right corner on recto (variation on Lugt 1958) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0230520 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.