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95

Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1949.5.535
State: 2/2

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia, to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:B-15842  

 

Paper size:205 x 262 mm  
Plate mark size:112 x 151 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:at bottom right  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'Whistler - ' ['t' not crossed]  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'H M' in pencil and 'HM' purple stamp on verso (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' (Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'1079' on recto, '84002' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0750117  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.