40Greenwich PensionerLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 34 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1949 |
| 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: | 169 x 221 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 98 x 134 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | as usual |
| Print note: | Drypoint = work on the tree trunk at left, the curving horizontal lines on the grass in the background and the blades of grass, themselves. |
| 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: | Butterfly 'imp' near platemark at lower left |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Pencil butterfly dates from 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) and 'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342). |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 35465' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.34' at lower centre on the recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0340z02 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.