39The Music RoomNational Gallery of AustraliaAccession no: 78.512 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978. |
| Additional acq. no: | 111923 |
| Paper size: | 187 x 304 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 144 x 215 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | light weight 'antique' laid paper torn from a book with sew holes from the binding on the left side. The upper, right and lower edges are gilded. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | possibly a crown (large, central) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | with plate tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Reading' on recto, at lower left. |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K0330z03 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.