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The Lime-Burner

British Museum
Accession no: 1874-06-13-531
State: 1/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1874.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50019  

 

Paper size:311 x 235 mm  
Plate mark size:248 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove?  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone  
Note on foul biting:extensive texture and foul biting, particularly on the door frame and at the bottom.  
Print note:A hair left a bare squiggle at bottom left; there is a tiny bare square in the rafters to left of centre. Diagonal scratch / across the wall above the man.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' bottom left, 'Whistler -' bottom right  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859 -' bottom right  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0460125  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.