29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872.07.13.380 State: 5/5 |  |
| 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: PPA49326 |
| Paper size: | 184 x 120 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 90 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove (sight) |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no (sight) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very light overall tone. A tiny bare bit at bottom edge to left of centre. |
| Note on foul biting: | Some scrim type marks at bottom edge, some tip right corner, a few more [dots] bottom left corner. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '1858' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' |
| 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: | K0230510 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.