62J. Becquet, SculptorArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1953.213 State: 6/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Thomas E. Donnelley |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1953. |
| Paper size: | 320 x 212 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 257 x 194 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light overall plate tone with heavier areas in the lower part of the plate, particularly at left and right. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is a scraped or uninked spot at lower right near the platemark. Although Lochnan discusses this as a drypoint, there is considerable etched work on the head as well as the etched outlines and some shading on body and cello. The plate has a distinct bevel; Whistler reused a plate etched by a West Point classmate, hence the remnants of an earlier subject on the lower third and upper right of the image (see Kennedy entry). |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0520z02 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.