67Annie HadenNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 2/4 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | 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: | 245 x 284 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 213 x 195 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | very fine fibrous paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scribly marks at sides |
| Print note: | good impression with burr; possibly some loss of definition to right of the cloak |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | 'Whistler. 1860.' ('6' reversed) |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | see signature |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' at lower right on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'One of my very best - Whistler' on image and 'Early State -' below image, to right on recto |
| 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: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0620201 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
