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43

The Slipper

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 28
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:245 x 196 mm  
Plate mark size:119 x 80 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:top of shield surmounted by three fleurs-de-lys, with two balls below  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:inky plate mark; traces of tone near the corners  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:fine drypoint on the slipper and heavier drypoint on the face, hair and possibly among in the shading behind the head.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler'  
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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' (Howard Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 37029' at lower left on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'29 at upper right on the recto; Kennedy number at lower centre on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0280216  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.