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Seymour Haden, Jr, Seated

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 2/3

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:247 x 189 mm  
Plate mark size:135 x 96 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light residual tone  
Note on foul biting:some flecks and dots  
Print note:Signs of burnishing to left of figure and at top right, good print, rich and heavily inked.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J Whistler' ('istler' is obscured)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' in pencil on recto (possibly by JW)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Seymour Haden - Junr.'  
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' (Lugt 41) stamp; 'S P A' in pencil on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Fewer lines in background' possibly written by Seymour Haden; '*22¹ [underlined]' top left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0290108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.