55The Lime-BurnerBarber Institute of Fine Arts, BirminghamAccession no: 45.2 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Purchased from F. R. Meatyard, 32 Museum Street, London WC1, 3 May 1945, for £18.18.0. |
| Additional acq. no: | PR2C6A |
| Paper size: | 342 x 230 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 254 x 177 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | Very light weight |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Plate tone is used to suggest shadows of walls and rafters. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is pitting in the foreground and dense areas of pitting around the framing walls and beams, giving substance and texture. There is also some pitting in the whiter space above the figure. |
| Print note: | There is possible burnishing in the foreground. It is a very beautiful impression with rich inking effects and slight retroussage. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859.' (lower right); 'Whistler' (lower left, very faint) |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0460245 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.