55The Lime-BurnerDetroit Institute of ArtsAccession no: 46.169 |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Dr and Mrs George Kamperman. |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Given by Dr and Mrs George Kamperman to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1946. |
| Paper size: | 362 x 229 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 249 x 174 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Great deal of surface tone used particularly for walls and beams, wiped clean around figure. |
| Note on foul biting: | Much pitting throughout; light speckling of pits at right edge; regular pits as though from imprint in area above figure. |
| Print note: | Scratches from wiping in foreground, enhances impression of straw on ground. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. / 1859 - ' (underlined, lower right corner; 'Whistler', lower left corner, partially removed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '4930' within circle recto, below platemark |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'FYX' verso, lower right corner, '550.-' recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0460z09 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.