39The Music RoomNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 214-9 x 322 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 145 x 121 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | browned and darkened |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Tone rather wet looking, wiped clean on lit area. |
| Note on foul biting: | Extensive, particularly near the edges. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler -' |
| 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' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '26¹ [underlined]'; 'Before the hands, or effect in back ground' written in one hand, 'Mr Haden', 'Mr Traer', 'Mrs Haden', in another hand; '1859' in another hand, all. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0330101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.