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Bead Stringers

British Museum
Accession no: 1887-10-10-66
State: 11/11

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Printed by Whistler for Messrs Dowdeswell, London, for publication, 1886; given by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau to the British Museum, London, 1887.  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA52107  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:226 x 152 mm  
Note on size:slightly unevenly cut edge; tab 32-50mm from left  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, slightly more at the bottom and right, unevenly wiped  
Note on foul biting:some dots and flecks, larger area at the bottom left corner and bottom right corner  
Print note:The ink appears as warm dark brown/black, slightly fainter impression. The shading is wearing down in the doorway, and on left cheek  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'37' above the door  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1885/1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1980805  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.