27La Vieille aux LoquesLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 21 State: 1/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1944 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | A. E. Cooper, Cooper's Plains, Steuben County, New York. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Additional acq. no: | 8.96.810.87; Pennell Fund 2651C1 |
| Paper size: | 311 x 220 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 209 x 146 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove plate paper |
| Note on the paper: | this appears to have been printed without chine but under great pressure |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | graphite shading above and to right of the sitter's left hand |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | regular foul biting on the bottom of the skirt and behind it at lower left--this does not appear to be present in Kennedy's first state |
| Print note: | New state; note small area of drypoint additions at right, along the doorway and completing the oval-shaped object. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| 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: | Cooper's Plains is in Steuben (not Sleuben) County, NY. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c 1626 (underlined) / mxx-' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.21 - undescribed state' at lower centre on the recto; 'A.E. Cooper / Cooper's Plains / Sleuben [sic; probably] Co..y / N.Y.' in pen on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0210223 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.