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Penny Passengers, Limehouse

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8443
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow, probably before 1902. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37246). Knoedler & Co., New York (stock no. MK 32555). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10505  

 

Paper size:80 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:80 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book; with old brown ink [Latin?] inscription on the verso  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone, a little more at the left.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
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 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:butterfly of 1887; tab 53-97 from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'B.M.' (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394)) and 'LJR' (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b-c) stamps on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 37246' and 'MK32555' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:illegible old pen writing on verso, bottom right corner, cut off at the edge: 'paL quoy f 1 o / moral pro porte …' (?)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0670204  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.