68AxenfeldVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19798 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Provenance: | Sold as 'Portrait Mons Axenfeldt' 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 151 mm |
| Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | India |
| Note on the paper: | mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, even (although slightly more pronounced at edges) |
| Note on foul biting: | - |
| Print note: | beautiful rich effects from the burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' ('6' reversed) |
| 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 |
| ID: | K0640307 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.