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Sketching

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1943.3.8453
State: 2/6

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943.  
Additional acq. no:B-10515  

 

Paper size:171 x 273 mm  
Plate mark size:121 x 165 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:considerable over the reeds and ground of the foreground; some on the seated artist; small dark marks at left and lower left near the plate edges  
Print note:drypoint lines in the sky and water are distinct, the burr prints distinctly on many of them, particularly at the upper left and left middle-ground  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:  
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:erased on recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.86 II Sketching' on recto by Harold Wright and '- oxx -' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K0860205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.