64Soupe à trois sousBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872-07-13-397 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | 'Soup à trois sous' bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50075 |
| Paper size: | 214 x 281 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 151 x 224 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Slightly grey, fibrous, heavy weight; laid lines visible but no chain lines. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone, slightly more at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots |
| Print note: | Warm black ink, scraping diagonals across wall; impression looks strong on that paper. |
| 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: | 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: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0490110 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.