62J. Becquet, SculptorArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.532 State: 5/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
| Additional acq. no: | 1795 (old acc. no.) |
| Paper size: | 280 x 216 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 255 x 191 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | De Erven Dk. Blauw |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Although Lochnan discusses this as a drypoint, there is considerable etched work on the head as well as the etched outlines and some shading on body and cello. The plate has a distinct bevel; Whistler reused a plate etched by a West Point classmate, hence the remnants of an earlier subject on the lower third and upper right of the image (see Kennedy entry). |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly in graphite. lower left, within plate mark |
| 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: | K0520303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.