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The Lime-Burner

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.40
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:316 x 226 mm  
Plate mark size:251 x 175 mm  
Note on size:uneven bottom, possibly from book  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fine, light weight; possibly Asian  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:a lot, cleaned across bottom.  
Print note:A good impression in slightly warm toned black ink.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler -' & 'Whistler' (faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'1859 -'  
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  
ID:K0460210  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.