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Bibi Lalouette

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1981.24.4
State: 2aa/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Purchased with the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981.  
Additional acq. no:B-31601  

 

Paper size:231 x 156 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 151 mm  
Note on size:with narrow margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale green  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Beehive / '18'[illeg] with elaborate leaves, surmounted by a flower  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light overall tone, more at the bottom.  
Note on foul biting:At the bottom and right.  
Print note:Burr on the hair and hat; this is probably a Keppel impression.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler 1859.', 't' not crossed  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:'a 383(?)16'; 'K.1653'(?)  
Misc inscriptions by others:'EN'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0510227  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.