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Portrait of a man

British Museum
Accession no: 1872-07-13-416
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:'Figure of a man in felt hat and cloak' bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Percy Thomas - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50188  

 

Paper size:253 x 174 mm  
Plate mark size:226 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:flat shiny card-like paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:a little at edge and vice like mark at bottom right  
Print note:good clear impression, drypoint well controlled  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1860.'  
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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0630206  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.