17The MiserNew York Public LibraryAccession 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.