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Weary

British Museum
Accession no: 1874-06-13-537
State: 4/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1874.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50383  

 

Paper size:242 x 174 mm  
Plate mark size:196 x 131 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:light buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:thick lustrous  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light residual tone, uneven it seems to have been wiped completely clean down right edge  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:good impression with light burr in the hair and chair and sides of bodice. The upside down head is very clear.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 63.'  
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:K0920205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.