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74

The Little Rotherhithe

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8446
State: 1/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10508  

 

Paper size:190 x 137 mm  
Plate mark size:122 x 100 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): Asian laid  
Note on the paper:fine tissue  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clean wiped  
Note on foul biting:at bottom left; vise mark at lower right and a small patch of scratches to the left of it  
Print note:a very fine impression, with very fine drypoint lines;  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler. / 1861.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:see signature  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C…' (two erased C numbers)  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K73 under :I' at lower left on the recto; 'Towards Thames Tunnel' at lower right on the verso (possibly by Whistler?); '8' at lower left on the verso; 'Little Wapping' at lower centre on the recto by Harold Wright  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0730103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.