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Old Women

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.11685
State: 2/3

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:157 x 220 mm  
Plate mark size:127 x 202 mm  
Note on size:.rough sheet, rough edges particularly at left and right  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:darkened, uneven, heavy weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:very strong burr on the figures and door; the tone looks light brown on that paper  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'2nd Proof - '  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1880  
Collector's mark:'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'8' encircled on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2240103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.