39The Music RoomVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: E.16-1905 State: 2/4 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Percy Thomas, London; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, January 1905. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 144 x 215 mm |
| Note on size: | mount stuck down so unable to determine paper size |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove? |
| Note on the paper: | Mount stuck down so unable to examine paper properly. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Dramatic, uneven, areas where ink helps to create shadows (with densely hatched line), other areas wiped clean; also darker towards edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting particularly around edges; fingerprints at upper left corner; areas of pitting and granular etched tone, holding further ink and suggesting gloom, for example, see around feet of Haden. |
| Print note: | Beautiful rich impression. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'NAL' black ink stamp crossing over platemark, lower right corner, recto , V&A (variation on Lugt 1958) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0330216 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.