29Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, ParisMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 83.1.27 State: 5/5 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37015). Given by William Loring Andrews to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1883. |
| Paper size: | 250 x 195 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 89 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Partial watermark of a crown |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall tone, particularly the bottom left corner |
| Note on foul biting: | a little at the edges, particularly some grid at bottom |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler' ('s' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '185...' (it is not possible to see the 8 of 1858,- it just looks like a blurred vertical) |
| 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: | 'a 37015' on verso. |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Quartier Mouftard [sic]' on recto, also '33' (thrice), '31' at top right, all on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0230514 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.