235Bead StringersBritish MuseumAccession no: 1929-12-14-8 State: 4/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Arthur Haythorne Studd (1863-1919), London; bequeathed to the British Museum, London, 1929. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52109 |
| Paper size: | 226 x 151 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 226 x 151 mm |
| Note on size: | Possibly trimmed within platemark, unevenly cut at bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream discoloured to light tan |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light even plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | foul biting in the lower right corner; loose scattered pitting across the figures; minor spots of foul biting above the door, line of right edge |
| Print note: | A few precise scratches or traces of an earlier design; e.g. vertical lines down sleeve at right, shaded zig-zags like roofs at bottom left. Rich shading within the doorway, delicate broken lines on the figures. Drypoint on cheeks of girl at left is noticeable. Faint traces of scraping/burnishing. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '37' above the door |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1980404 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.