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The Miser

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/7

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:190 x 221 mm  
Plate mark size:118 x 159 mm  
Note on size:a little irregular  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
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:light grey tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:burr and perhaps tone on figure and shadow, very soft and dark; not inked fully down left side - big bevel; this is the impression of the second state illustrated by Kennedy  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'The Miser -' on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'done from a drawing' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0690201  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.