141The Little Forge, LiverpoolMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.70 State: 7/16 |  |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York. S. G. Cercha (b. 1867), New York. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 334 x 208 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 227 x 149 mm |
| 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: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light, slightly more at top |
| Note on foul biting: | couple of dots |
| Print note: | some burr |
| 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: | 'RSM' in pencil on verso;'R/[I?]' (not in Lugt) in a vertical rectangle, in pencil on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'MK 68755' on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | old inscription on verso in pen ('Argileus adolescens Laudamus quem Pausanias amore venerio dilexis…'); in another hand, '(No 1)' on verso; 'P' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1470502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.