69Riault (The Wood Engraver)New York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 3/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 309 x 122 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 223 x 150 mm |
| Note on size: | paper loss on top corners and bottom right |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | rich 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: | 'Whistler' and butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Riault -' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '62 ²' at top right, '88' top left, on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0650201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.