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The Lime-Burner

Glasgow Museums
Accession no: PR.1920.6.ir

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:John Innes (1859-1929), Glasgow; presented to Glasgow Museums in 1920.  

 

Paper size:365 x 238 mm  
Plate mark size:252 x 177 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:illegible watermark over '...N...'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:watery tone  
Note on foul biting:extensive, mostly in bottom half  
Print note:richly inked impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler / 1859.'  
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:'J.I' rectangular stamp in red on verso (J.Innes, Lugt 1477a]  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Whistler' (probably not written by the artist); 'No 23', 'The Lime-burner K46 ii (Thames) P1871.', '7859', all in pencil on recto; '694/A-' in pencil on verso; Museum numbers in pen.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0460z32  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.