29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.18 State: 5/5 |
| Collection credit: | Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Given by William Loring Andrews to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1837-1920), New York, 1883. |
| Paper size: | 228 x 155 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 150 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | very thin tissue |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | Around edges. |
| Print note: | good impression |
| 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: | 'a 37015' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | acc. no visible on bottom left |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0230540 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.