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Weary

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 1/6

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:285 x 198 mm  
Plate mark size:195 x 131 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:golden sheen  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light tone, heavy edges, possibly some at the top  
Note on foul biting:at edge  
Print note:wonderful burr, amazingly soft and fluid; distinct, short, ray-like drypoint lines above head  

 

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: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:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' rectangular stamp  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'83 ¹' top right  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0920101  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.