480Carpet Menders, ParisUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.408 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1932; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 203 x 253 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 198 x 250 mm |
| Note on size: | very narrow margins; trimmed just outside the platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone over the upper walls of the building |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | There is no apparent drypoint |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly (partial) |
| Note on the tab: | partial signature on remnant of tab, which has been sliced off |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | there is a partial butterfly signature on the remnant of a tab |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K4200103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.