73Portrait of a manVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19797 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Sold as 'Portrait' 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: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | India |
| Note on the 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: | - |
| Print note: | an exceptionally clean impression; ink stain bottom right corner (or foul biting after all?); rich burr on cape and signature |
| 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: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| 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: | '19797' recto bottom right in ink |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0630210 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.