12FumetteMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 59.573.3 State: 5/5 |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Rudolph F. Shabelitz, 1959 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Rudolph F. Schabelitz to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1959. |
| Paper size: | 242 x 181 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 161 x 109 mm |
| Note on size: | uneven edges at right and bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | very thin and fragile paper, darkened, dirty at edges, uneven at right |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | even tone overall, slightly darker than usual. |
| Note on foul biting: | at the top left, bottom right, right edge, and texture round and on the figure. |
| Print note: | A good, quite strong impression. |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '3164' faint, on recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0130441 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.