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Tillie: A Model

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.69
State: 3/5

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:327 x 212 mm  
Plate mark size:235 x 159 mm  
Note on size:uneven at right  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800)  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Posthorn  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Uneven tone, more at top right.  
Note on foul biting:A few areas at corners and flecks.  
Print note:Some burr - odd marks at her back do not make sense.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'4669' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1170202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.