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44

Whistler with a hat

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:302 x 202 mm  
Plate mark size:225 x 152 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid, wide chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, unevenly wiped  
Note on foul biting:only at edge  
Print note:burr on hat and some on clothes  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. 1859.'  
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:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Portrait of Whistler / 2nd State' on recto in unknown hand; '52 ยน' (1 underscored) at top left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0540201  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.