27La Vieille aux LoquesBirmingham Museum and Art GalleryAccession no: P113'45 State: 4/4 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Purchased from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd; bequeathed by Ernest Henry Keen to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1945. |
| Paper size: | 268 x 194 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 210 x 149 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | medium weight |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is print tone particularly around the edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is foul biting particularly around the edges. There are scrim marks on the sacks in the foreground. There are fingerprints particularly on the right side. |
| Print note: | There is burnishing evident on the right side. There is a degree of retroussage evident. The fibres of the paper have affected the uptake of ink. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | 'Imp…' mostly deleted |
| 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: | S numbers may have been used by Keppel. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'S.2690' on recto, at lower right, below platemark |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W14 / K21, III La vieille aux loques' on recto, at lower left, below platemark; '7' very faint at lower right. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0210z13 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.