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The Menpes Children

British Museum
Accession no: 1904-08-10-4
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1905.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA52190  

 

Paper size:115 x 149 mm  
Plate mark size:68 x 101 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:?  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light, generally even residual tone, slightly darker near lower right edge  
Note on foul biting:Fine scattered pitting on figures and in foreground.  
Print note:Minor ink reticulation where tone is darker.  

 

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:not on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2610107  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.