478Robert BarrVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.938-1922 State: 1/1 |
| Collection credit: | Given by James Greig, Esq. |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | James Greig; given to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1922. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 112 x 90 mm |
| Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | brown |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | |
| Note on the paper: | mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight, more pronounced at the extreme edges |
| Note on foul biting: | almost none, very slight pitting |
| Print note: | slight retroussage is evident on the moustache |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Robert Barr etched by Whistler in 1894 at 13 Robert Street Cumberland Market. Limited to 45 impressions. No. 42. Sickert.' recto, mount, pencil: 'The drawing on the plate done by Whistler in 1894. The plate bitten by Mr Walter Sickert after Whistler's death. The plate was destroyed after an edition limited to 45 impressions, printed by Brookes and certified by Sickert, had been published in London in 1908 by Messrs John Baillie and W. D. Gardiner. (Mansfield's Cat. p. 248)' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | KAp40109 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.