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The Dyer

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.119
State: 8/10

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Probably with H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1909 (stock no. a45941); probably sold to Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916) (listed as owner by E. G. Kennedy, 1910); bought with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:345/360 x 265/284 mm  
Plate mark size:303 x 237 mm  
Other size:302 x 234 to edge of beve mm  
Note on size:rough edges particularly at top left, left and right; taken from a book.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:browned, fine  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:heavily inked with a lot of uneven tone in the water.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:'HBD' in pencil on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 45941' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'162' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2190402  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.