60VenusMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.48 State: 1/2 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow, sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1903 (stock no. 37243), sold for $250, 1903. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 210 x 267 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 227 mm |
| Note on size: | uneven edge at left |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | fibrous rag paper, browned, heavy |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light |
| Note on foul biting: | at edge |
| Print note: | A very good impression |
| 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: | 'B. M.' stamp on verso (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Trial proof / 1st state' on recto; '27' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0590102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.