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42

Nursemaid and Child

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:172 x 205 mm  
Plate mark size:97 x 132 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone, mostly at the edges (very little)  
Note on foul biting:Flecks, scrapes and dots and round the edges.  
Print note:Looks very rich on figures in that colour.  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Near Holloway - 1st State -'  
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:'Nurse & child' on verso; '34¹ [underlined]' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0370110  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.