12FumetteVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19814 State: 5/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Francis Seymour Haden. |
| Image credit: | Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Provenance: | Presented with the 12 etchings of the 'French Set' (14 including the two title pages) by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum, 1 January 1861. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.1A |
| Paper size: | 433 x 302 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 163 x 109 mm |
| Other size: | chine collé 162 x 109 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory on ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine applique on wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, more pronounced in the foreground and background; other areas (e.g. arm) wiped very clean |
| Note on foul biting: | A fingerprint at the upper left corner (suggesting use of soft ground?); scrim marks at the base, on the right side and knees of the skirt; a mark where the tool gripped the plate at lower right corner |
| Print note: | warm black ink, hazt texture, with a slightly mottled effect from wiping; an area on the right where the stopping out varnish appears to have been applied, leaving a definite line; a very faint grid-like structure under the image, particularly noticeable in the foreground, perhaps from a previous composition |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. ['s' reversed] 171.' |
| 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: | crowned 'NAL' stamp in black ink in bottom right corner within platemark on recto (V&A, Lugt 1957); 'SCIENCE & ART DEPARTMENT / NATIONAL ART LIBRARY', oval blind stamp on recto. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '11' on recto, outside platemark, upper left corner; 'x' on recto, margin, lower right corner; 'No [superscript 'o', underlined] 28 / 18/1/61' on verso, red ink; '215 F3' verso; '245 / T4' [?] on recto, margin, lower right corner, erased; '19814.' on recto, inside platemark, in brown ink. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0130417 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.