45Landscape with HorsesVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.11-1905 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Percy Thomas (1846-1922) London; 'The landscape with the horse' bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 1905. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | 201 x 260 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 126 x 201 mm |
| Other size: | chine collé 124 x 199 mm |
| Note on size: | slightly rough edge at bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine colle on wove |
| Note on the paper: | slightly greyish paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light and even |
| Note on foul biting: | Pitting throughout; foul biting around edges; fabric marks in sky and meadow; etched granular tone in buildings and field; in foreground curved (polish?) lines and diagonal lines. |
| Print note: | some velvety areas of drypoint burr; in foreground small area where ink left from wiping. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler - 1859.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | 'NAL' black ink stamp crossing over platemark in lower right corner, recto (variation of Lugt 1958); 'V.A.M.' circular black ink stamp on verso (Lugt 2503). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'E.11-1905.'verso, black ink; verso, pencil, 'Landscape with a horse' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0360218 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.