66Arthur HadenVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19800 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Provenance: | Sold by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum with 15 other etchings on 1 January 1861 for £10.10.10 for all 16 etchings. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 150 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian |
| Note on the paper: | fibrous |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | nice burr on hat; jacket very richly printed; some paper fibres cracked while printing, causing fine craquelure effect in parts of the face and the curtain |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' ('l' crossed instead of 't') [check] |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | not in visible parts |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | not in visible parts |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | crowned 'NAL' stamp in black ink in bottom right corner within platemark on recto (V&A, Lugt 1957) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | lower edge right in black ink: '19800' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0610206 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.