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The Slipper

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:199 x 119 mm  
Plate mark size:119 x 79 mm  
Note on size:rough edge at the bottom  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:cheap paper, fibres.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual  
Note on foul biting:at edges, a little, soft.  
Print note:  

 

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:'Whistler' in pencil on recto  
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:'S. P. AVERY COLLECTION' in pencil on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'First State' on recto; '29\1-' (1 underscored) also on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0280107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.