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Tatting

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

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:218 x 171 mm  
Plate mark size:125 x 75 mm  
Note on size:slightly uneven at bottom and right  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:browned  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:overall tone  
Note on foul biting:at the edges and corners  
Print note:good burr, though somewhat brown overall  

 

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:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Tatting' in unknown hand  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1120111  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.