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45

Landscape with Horses

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:232 x 304 mm  
Plate mark size:124 x 198 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:Slightly browned.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:a little residual tone.  
Note on foul biting:Dots and flecks overall.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler -' in pencil on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'1st. State.' on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Whistler told me that the figures at right were putting up telegraph poles' on recto; remains of a pen number at bottom right corner at right angles to image; '46¹ [underlined]' on recto.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0360108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.