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The Lime-Burner

Yale University Art Gallery
Accession no: 1942.289
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by J. Watson Webb and Electra Havemeyer Webb to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 30 December 1942.  

 

Paper size:360 x 230 mm  
Plate mark size:250 x 176 mm  
Note on size:torn down right, possibly binding holes from a book  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:Heavy texturing, cleaned at the bottom edge, some curious marks of foul biting at the centre bottom.  
Print note:Slightly lighter and clear impression than K0460z12, but less crisp in distant detail.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler' (very faint) at bottom left; 'Whistler -' at bottom right  
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):'F. Goulding'  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'YALE UNI/VERSITY/ GALLERY/ OF FINE/ ARTS' brown square stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Charcoal [crossed out] Lime burner', 'A' and 3/9' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0460z14  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.