61FinetteBritish MuseumAccession no: 1872.07.13.411 State: 5/14 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Bought from 'Mr Thomas' - probably Edmund Thomas (1842-1883) - by the British Museum, London, 13 July 1872. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50123 |
| Paper size: | 306 x 223 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 284 x 199 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | off white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | yellowy |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | at the edges at bottom right; he must have used tone on the dress; the start is deeply inked, with the hand and some of the folds wiped clean, producing a very velvety, lustrous effect |
| Note on foul biting: | lots of dots; spots on the lines, at top right |
| Print note: | The lines have very strong burr. Much of the detail in the skirt at right remains unseen under deep ink tone, brown/black. Very fine impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1859.' |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K0580303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.