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Sleeping Girl

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.11679
State: 2/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:- mm  
Plate mark size:136 x 214 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' (pre 1800) laid paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, clean wiped at the edges  
Note on foul biting:slight flecks and foul biting  
Print note:A fine impression with burr; velvety lines along the top of the legs.  

 

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:'J. A. McN. Whistler' and butterfly 'imp.' under platemark  
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:Pencil butterfly of 1880/1881  
Collector's mark:'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'7' and '112' on recto; '97' encircled on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1250203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.