5Portrait of WhistlerNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | Philippe Burty (1830-1890), Paris; probably sold at auction, Sotheby, London, 1 May 1876 (lot 931), bought by 'Palmer', £5.0.0. Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 192 x 148 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 118 x 79 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | card, but rough |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | quite rich, watery tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | attractive, shadows rather run together in hair, delicate shading. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'J.W.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' in pencil on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Early portrait of self -' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'PB' on recto, red stamp (Philippe Burty, Lugt 413) and 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' stamp (Lugt 41); on verso, 'N.Y. PUBLIC LIBRARY PRINT DEPARTMENT' stamp. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'non décrit - Portrait d J. A Whistler' written possibly by P. Burty. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0070101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.