32Annie, SeatedBritish MuseumAccession no: 1973-09-15-11 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports). |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49685 |
| Paper size: | 250 x 195 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 131 x 97 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory (the paper is yellowed to cream within the mount window but the original colour is evident outwith the mark left by a former mount window) |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Edges of the paper are torn. A close examination of the paper was prevented as the etching has been attached to the mount. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Hunting horn in a shield (similar but different to Chicago 179-82 - hunting horn is the other way up) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Print tone is used to enhance the shadows around the figure, particularly in the foreground. |
| Note on foul biting: | There are isolated pits throughout and foul biting at the edges and corners. |
| Print note: | There are ink spots on the image and slight smudging of ink around "Annie". |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | ' "Annie." ' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | none on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | none on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | On verso, lower left corner, collector's mark, illegible through paper. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '202' on recto, in brown ink, at lower left corner, outwith platemark |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K 30 II' on recto, at left side, outwith platemark |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0300228 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.