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Greenwich Pensioner

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: 19795
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Sold by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum with 15 other etchings on 1 January 1861 for £10.10.10 for all 16 etchings.  
Additional acq. no:EE.2A  

 

Paper size:n/a mm  
Plate mark size:98 x 133 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:soft, rather thick (bulging platemark edges)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:?  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone  
Note on foul biting:Granular tone below figure, above his feet; foul biting in corners (fingerprnts)  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Greenwich 1859'  
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:crowned 'NAL' stamp in black ink in bottom right corner within platemark on recto (V&A, Lugt 1957)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:below platemark, centre in ink: '19795'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0340210  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.