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Greenwich Pensioner

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1987.41.63
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1905 (stock no. a40165, valued at $75); sold before 1910 to unidentified collector. Given by John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987.  

 

Paper size:265 x 365 mm  
Plate mark size:98 x 133 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Partial, possibly Strasbourg Lily.  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale residual  
Note on foul biting:With new foul biting or etched texture on sky.  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Greenwich 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:no  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'40165 / ams' on recto; 'a40165' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W.32'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0340208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.