124The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)Colby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.460 State: 7/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 012.2002 |
| Paper size: | 378 x 249 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 278 x 177 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Strasbourg with initial 'V' |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Uneven heavy tone in the bottom half. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Some burr on the figure. |
| 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: | 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' (Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'Et 3784' stamp on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The Guitarist' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1400501 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.