55The Lime-BurnerScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 859 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Purchased by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1910. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.119 |
| Paper size: | 288 x 207 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 250 x 176 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | Off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Rather browned |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Lion rampant facing left, on a shield |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | Dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light overall tone, more in foreground: Clean in distance. |
| Note on foul biting: | The foreground and much of the surface is very soft, freckly, speckly, soft. |
| Print note: |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. -' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | '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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0460214 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.