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The Mill

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Accession no: RP-P-1988-295
State: 6/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Royal Collection, Windsor, sold in 1906 via Agnew's, London, to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 42051), priced at £45.0.0; sold in 1906 for $650 to an unknown collector. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York. Bought by the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, in 1988.  

 

Paper size:163 x 241 mm  
Plate mark size:160 x 241 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:residual tone, at the edges  
Note on foul biting:texturing and dots  
Print note:uneven burr around the standing woman  

 

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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 47-57 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:crowned 'VR' oval stamp (Lugt 2535)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 42051' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4130503  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.