13LiverdunBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-423 State: 3/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA49291 |
| Paper size: | 175 x 223 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 108 x 155 mm |
| Other size: | 103/106 x 153 chine collé mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | chine collé on wove |
| Note on the paper: | Paper stuck down on mount so unable to examine for watermarks |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | uneven, slightly darker tone in foreground, sky and shadows of buildings - some building facades wiped completely clean providing effective contrast |
| Note on foul biting: | Pitting throughout; notable areas where imprint of scrim: foreground, where gives texture to farmyard; and sky. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' (upper right corner); 'J. Whistler.' (lower left corner; 's' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp. Delatre. Rue St. [superscript 't'] Jacques. 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0160209 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.