42Nursemaid and ChildBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-383 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49832 |
| Paper size: | 123 X 155 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 97 x 130 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Textured and flecked with grey and brown fibres. Its edges are cut. A close examination of the paper was prevented as the etching has been attached to the mount. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | not visible from recto |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | The print tone is light. It is slightly more pronounced at the right side and in the sky at the upper right. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is foul biting around the edges and pitting particularly in the foreground where it is fine but dense, also to the right of the woman's head and at the upper right. |
| Print note: | There is a fluid line bounded by pitting along the lower edge that is probably the boundary line where stopping out varnish applied. There is a smudginess from the ink in the foreground. There is a very rich inking effect in the garments of the woman seated in the immediate foreground. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| 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: | none on recto |
| Dealers' stock nos: | none on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | none on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0370104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.