40Greenwich PensionerVictoria and Albert MuseumAccession no: 19795 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Sold by Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London, to South Kensington Museum with 15 other etchings on 1 January 1861 for £10.10.10 for all 16 etchings. |
| Additional acq. no: | EE.2A |
| Paper size: | n/a mm |
| Plate mark size: | 98 x 133 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | soft, rather thick (bulging platemark edges) |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ? |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | Granular tone below figure, above his feet; foul biting in corners (fingerprnts) |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'Greenwich 1859' |
| 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: | crowned 'NAL' stamp in black ink in bottom right corner within platemark on recto (V&A, Lugt 1957) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | below platemark, centre in ink: '19795' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0340210 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.